Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 70, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2008, 11:43 AM 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 27, 2008, 11:43 AM CDT (16:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2008, 6:00 PM 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), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1261 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 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 271648
FFWLSX
MOC113-272300-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0070.080627T1643Z-080627T2300Z/
/00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1143 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT FRIDAY
* AT 1140 AM CDT...THE LINCOLN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
HAS REQUESTED THAT THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN LINCOLN
COUNTY BE CONTINUED...DUE TO THE RISING FLOOD WATERS CAUSED BY
THIS MORNINGS BREAK OF THE PIN OAK LEVEE.
* WATER IS EXPECTED TO INUNDATE THE EASTERN PORTION OF
WINFIELD...AND SURROUNDING RURAL AREAS. THE AREA OF PRIMARY
CONCERN IS BOUNDED BY HIGHWAY N TO THE NORTH...HIGHWAY 79 TO THE
WEST....AND THE BREVATOR LEVEE DISTRICT TO THE SOUTH.
100 HOMES ARE BEING THREATENED BY THIS LEVEE BREAK. RESIDENTS
ARE URGED TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS AND OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 3901 9070 3900 9069 3898 9069 3898 9068
3896 9068 3897 9076 3902 9076 3903 9070
TIME...MOT...LOC 1643Z 180DEG 0KT 3900 9074
$$
TRUETT1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KLSX 272307
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
601 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
MOC113-272311-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0070.000000T0000Z-080627T2300Z/
/00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN MO-
601 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...
RIVER INFORMATION...INCLUDING WATER LEVELS AND CREST INFORMATION...
IS AVAILABLE AT THE ST LOUIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB
SITE...WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX/. FOLLOW THE AHPS/RIVER INFO LINK ON THE
LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE HOME PAGE.
LAT...LON 3901 9070 3900 9069 3898 9069 3898 9068
3896 9068 3897 9076 3902 9076 3903 9070
TIME...MOT...LOC 1643Z 180DEG 0KT 3899 9074
$$
TRUETTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds, Washington | 25 min |
| Jun 26, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Iron, Reynolds, Washington | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 5:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 12:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion, Ralls | 56 min |
Nearby
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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.