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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2009, 5:02 PM CDT for Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 7 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2009, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2009, 11:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Reynolds County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 11:25 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Ellington, MO | ROUTE F HAS BEEN CLOSED WEST OF HIGHWAY 106 DUE TO FLASH FLOODING ON UNKNOWN CREEK. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 1981 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KLSX 092202
FFWLSX
MOC179-100500-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0037.090609T2202Z-090610T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
502 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY
* AT 457 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL INDICATE UP TO 2 INCHES
OF RAIN MAY HAVE ALREADY FALLEN SOUTH OF A BUNKER...CENTERVILLE
LINE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE OZARKS ARE MOVING
EAST...AND WILL BRING ADDITIONAL RAINS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES TO THE
AREA EARLY THIS EVENING.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BUNKER...ELLINGTON...GARWOOD...OATES AND REYNOLDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 3705 9097 3709 9098 3710 9103 3716 9105
3720 9114 3725 9114 3726 9117 3732 9119
3741 9119 3742 9123 3750 9123 3751 9132
3760 9132 3760 9078 3737 9078 3737 9075
3716 9074 3714 9078 3705 9079
$$
KANOFSKY1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KLSX 100440
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1140 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009
MOC179-100454-
/O.CAN.KLSX.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-090610T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
REYNOLDS MO-
1140 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR REYNOLDS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS NOW BECOME AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING.
RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOCAL
STREAMS...CREEKS AND RIVERS TO FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS OVERNIGHT.
LAT...LON 3705 9097 3709 9098 3710 9103 3716 9105
3720 9114 3725 9114 3726 9117 3732 9119
3741 9119 3742 9123 3750 9123 3751 9132
3760 9132 3760 9078 3737 9078 3737 9075
3716 9074 3714 9078 3705 9079
$$
CVKINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 7:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 13 min |
| Jun 8, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Madison, Reynolds | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 26 min |
| Jun 8, 8:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 52 min |
| Jun 9, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 56 min |
| Jun 9, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade and 16 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds | 54 min |
| Jun 9, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Madison | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.