Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS St. Louis, MO

Issued

May 8, 2009, 9:12 AM CDT (14:12 UTC)

Expired

May 8, 2009, 2:00 PM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS St. Louis, MO

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Osage County, MO

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:14 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.

000 
WGUS53 KLSX 081412
FFWLSX
MOC151-081900-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0007.090508T1412Z-090508T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
912 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 900 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED TWO FEET 
OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY 89 FOUR MILES NORTH OF BELLE IN SOUTHEASTERN 
OSAGE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN TWO AND THREE ADDITIONAL 
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHEASTERN OSAGE COUNTY SINCE 630 
AM.

* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE   
AFFECTING FREEBURG AND AREAS TO THE EAST.

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.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3842 9208 3855 9166 3830 9166 3829 9218

$$

FUCHS

000 
WGUS73 KLSX 081643
FFSLSX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1143 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

MOC151-081900-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090508T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OSAGE MO-
1143 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN OSAGE COUNTY
UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 1136 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA.  WHILE NO 
ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...THE MOST LIKELY 
AREA OF FLOODING IS RATHER SPARSELY POPULATED.  ADDITIONAL FLOODING 
IS LIKELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3842 9208 3855 9166 3830 9166 3829 9218

$$

TES

000 
WGUS73 KLSX 081905
FFSLSX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
205 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

MOC151-081919-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090508T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OSAGE MO-
205 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN OSAGE
COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

AT 155 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR NO RAINFALL 
NEAR THE WARNED AREA.  THOUGH THERE WAS FLOODING REPORTED EARLIER 
ALONG HIGHWAY 89...NO ADDITIONAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM 
THIS AREA.  THEREFORE...THIS WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3842 9208 3855 9166 3830 9166 3829 9218

$$

FUCHS

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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.