Flash Flood Warning 89, NWS St. Louis, MO

Issued

Aug 5, 2008, 3:23 PM CDT (20:23 UTC)

Expired

Aug 5, 2008, 9:15 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS St. Louis, MO

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Adams County, IL, Pike County, IL, Marion County, MO, Ralls County, MO

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

000 
WGUS53 KLSX 052023
FFWLSX
ILC001-149-MOC127-173-060215-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0089.080805T2023Z-080806T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
323 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
  NORTHERN RALLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
  SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 318 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR
  ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED WITH THE          
  STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. A LOCAL SPOTTER IN HANNIBAL REPORTED OVER 
  A HALF OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL IN JUST TWENTY MINUTES

* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE       
  AFFECTING PAYSON...FALL CREEK...BEVERLY...WARREN...PHILADELPHIA    
  ...PALMYRA AND HANNIBAL.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 3984 9058 3971 9064 3953 9058 3952 9061
      3967 9185 3988 9185

$$

CVKING

000 
WGUS73 KLSX 052348
FFSLSX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
648 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2008

ILC001-149-MOC127-173-060215-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0089.000000T0000Z-080806T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIKE IL-ADAMS IL-RALLS MO-MARION MO-
648 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN ADAMS AND PIKE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND
MARION AND NORTHERN RALLS COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...

AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF 
THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED 
AREA. 

A SPOTTER REPORTED THAT THE SOUTH RIVER...SOUTH OF PALMYRA...IS 
GOING OVER ITS BANKS AND FLOODING LOW LYING AREAS.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PAYSON...
GRIGGSVILLE...FALL CREEK...BEVERLY...BARRY...WARREN...PHILADELPHIA...
PALMYRA AND HANNIBAL.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 3984 9058 3971 9064 3953 9058 3952 9061
      3967 9185 3988 9185

$$

CVKING

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2008Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.