Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 2008, 10:23 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2008, 10:23 PM CDT (03:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2008, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Unknown
County Lincoln County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 220 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KLSX 190328
FFWLSX
MOC113-190930-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0063.080619T0323Z-080619T0930Z/
/00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1023 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A LEVEE FAILURE IN...
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 430 AM CDT THURSDAY
* AT 1023 PM CDT...WINFIELD LEVEE ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
FAILED CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OF IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING AREAS.
* AFFECTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...CLOSEST
TO THE RIVER.
LAT...LON 3904 9070 3904 9071 3903 9070 3897 9068
3896 9075 3906 9076 3907 9071
$$
BYRD1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KLSX 190505
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1156 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008
MOC113-190930-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0063.000000T0000Z-080619T0930Z/
/00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN MO-
1156 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...
A 150 FOOT BREACH OF THE CAP AU GRIS LEVEE HAS OCCURRED ONE QUARTER
TO ONE HALF MILE TO THE SOUTH OF THE WINFIELD LOCK AND DAM. THE
WATER IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT WINFIELD TO THE EAST OF HIGHWAY 79.
PEOPLE EAST OF HIGHWAY 79 IN THE WINFIELD AREA ARE ASKED TO
VOLUNTARILY EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3904 9070 3904 9071 3903 9070 3897 9068
3896 9075 3906 9076 3907 9071
TIME...MOT...LOC 0456Z 180DEG 0KT 3902 9072
$$
BRITTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 1:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Pike | 6 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.