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Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2008, 3:35 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Pike 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 19, 2008, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2008, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lincoln County, MO, Pike County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1367 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KLSX 192038
FFWLSX
MOC113-163-200230-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0065.080619T2035Z-080620T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
335 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 328 PM CDT...LINCOLN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A
LEVEE BREAK JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY M IN NORTHEAST LINCOLN
COUNTY...WHICH WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE ELSBERRY LEVEE DISTRICT IN
BOTH NORTHEAST LINCOLN AND SOUTHEAST PIKE COUNTIES.
* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED TO QUICKLY INUNDATE WITH WATER THE
AREA FROM JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 79 TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...
BOUNDED TO THE NORTH NEAR ANNADA AND EXTENDING SOUTHWARD TO NEAR
HIGHWAY M. AREAS FURTHER SOUTH ARE ALREADY IN A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING DUE TO PREVIOUS LEVEE FAILURES. THE FLOODING MAY ALSO
IMPACT THE EASTERN EXTREMETIES OF THE TOWN OF ELSBERRY AS WELL.
ALL INTERESTS IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA SHOULD EVACUATE
IMMEDIATELY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3925 9074 3924 9074 3924 9073 3921 9072
3920 9072 3918 9072 3918 9079 3925 9081
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 180DEG 0KT 3920 9077
$$
TES1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KLSX 200232
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
926 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008
MOC113-163-200236-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0065.000000T0000Z-080620T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN MO-PIKE MO-
926 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2008
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND SOUTHEASTERN PIKE
COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
WATER WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW THROUGH A LEVEE BREAKS NEAR HIGHWAY M
AND KICK A POO ROAD. THE WATER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE IN THE
ELSBERRY LEVEE DISTRICT TO THE EAST OF HIGHWAY 79 BETWEEN ANNADA
AND HIGHWAY M AS LONG AS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER RISES.
A RIVER FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
LAT...LON 3925 9074 3924 9074 3924 9073 3921 9072
3920 9072 3918 9072 3918 9079 3925 9081
TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 180DEG 0KT 3920 9077
$$
BRITTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 10:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 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.