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Flash Flood Warning 96, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 3, 2008, 5:17 AM CDT for Pike County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 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
- Sep 3, 2008, 5:17 AM CDT (10:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2008, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pike County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 1580 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1141 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 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 031017 FFWLSX MOC163-031415- /O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0096.080903T1017Z-080903T1415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 517 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 915 AM CDT * AT 508 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE NEW HARTFORD AREA SINCE 300 AM. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY. * FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE AFFECTING NEW HARTFORD INCLUDING INDIAN CREEK AND STATE ROUTE 161. 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 3935 9145 3936 9121 3914 9120 3915 9141 $$ GLASS
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KLSX 031203 FFSLSX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 703 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008 MOC163-031415- /O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0096.000000T0000Z-080903T1415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PIKE MO- 703 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 657 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN AROUND THE NEW HARTFORD AREA...AND MORE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST PIKE COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CURRYVILLE...NEW HARTFORD...ASHLEY...AND ST. CLEMENT. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 3935 9145 3936 9121 3914 9120 3915 9141 $$ CARNEY
000 WGUS73 KLSX 031418 FFSLSX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 918 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008 MOC163-031425- /O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0096.000000T0000Z-080903T1415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PIKE MO- 918 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2008 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI... A CHECK WITH AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATES THAT FLOODING IS NOT A PROBLEM IN THE AREA. HOWEVER...SEVERAL WAVES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH A STEADIER RAIN DEVELOPING TONIGHT. THIS WILL MAKE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL BE A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF TODAY...TONIGHT...AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. LAT...LON 3935 9145 3936 9121 3914 9120 3915 9141 $$ TRUETT
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 5:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 11:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Lewis, Marion, Pike, Ralls, Washington | 18 days |
| Sep 3, 11:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 57 hr |
| Sep 3, 11:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 45 hr |
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.