Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 95, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Nov 15, 2009, 11:25 AM CST for Callaway County, Cole 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
- Nov 15, 2009, 11:25 AM CST (17:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2009, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 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 151725
FFWLSX
MOC027-051-152330-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0095.091115T1725Z-091115T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1125 AM CST SUN NOV 15 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 530 PM CST SUNDAY
* AT 1122 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. SINCE 9 AM...A VERY NARROW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS
HAS PRODUCED ALMOST 2 INCHES OF RAIN FROM SOUTH CENTRAL COLE
COUNTY...THROUGH JEFFERSON CITY...TO JUST SOUTH OF FULTON. IT
APPEARS THAT THIS NARROW BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST FOR
ANOTHER HOUR OR SO...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS DISSIPATING EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FULTON...HOLTS SUMMIT...JEFFERSON CITY...BRAZITO...HICKORY HILL...
LAKE MYKEE...NEW BLOOMFIELD...ST. THOMAS...TAOS AND WARDSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3843 9249 3865 9220 3868 9220 3887 9213
3887 9165 3872 9167 3868 9186 3855 9203
3850 9201 3847 9204 3846 9210 3847 9217
3839 9212 3836 9219 3833 9220 3834 9241
3842 9240
$$
TRUETT2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KLSX 152056
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
256 PM CST SUN NOV 15 2009
MOC027-051-152330-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0095.000000T0000Z-091115T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLE MO-CALLAWAY MO-
256 PM CST SUN NOV 15 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CALLAWAY AND
COLE COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CST...
AT 254 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT
THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS MOVING OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...LAW
ENFORCEMENT CONTINUED TO REPORT WATER ON MANY ROADWAYS...AND THAT
HIGHWAY 94 NEAR MOKANE IN CALLAWAY COUNTY WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...FULTON...HOLTS SUMMIT...JEFFERSON CITY...BRAZITO...HICKORY
HILL...LAKE MYKEE...NEW BLOOMFIELD...ST. THOMAS...TAOS AND
WARDSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON
FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3843 9249 3865 9220 3868 9220 3887 9213
3887 9165 3872 9167 3868 9186 3855 9203
3850 9201 3847 9204 3846 9210 3847 9217
3839 9212 3836 9219 3833 9220 3834 9241
3842 9240
$$
CARNEY000
WGUS73 KLSX 152333
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
533 PM CST SUN NOV 15 2009
MOC027-051-152345-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0095.000000T0000Z-091115T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLE MO-CALLAWAY MO-
533 PM CST SUN NOV 15 2009
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CALLAWAY
AND COLE COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
RECENT INFORMATION FROM COLE COUNTY INDICATES THAT FLOOD WATERS HAVE
RECEDED AND THERE IS NO LONGER ANY FLOODING OR ROAD CLOSURES.
THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM CALLAWAY COUNTY INDICATES SOME FLOODING
OF ROADS MAY STILL BE OCCURRING. AS A RESULT OF THIS
INFORMATION...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL SOON BE REPLACED WITH AN
AREAL FLOOD WARNING.
IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
&&
LAT...LON 3843 9249 3865 9220 3868 9220 3887 9213
3887 9165 3872 9167 3868 9186 3855 9203
3850 9201 3847 9204 3846 9210 3847 9217
3839 9212 3836 9219 3833 9220 3834 9241
3842 9240
$$
GLASSThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 1:43 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Cole | 47 hr |
| Nov 15, 2:02 PM CST | Flood Watch | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 20 more | 37 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Osage | 6 hr |
| Nov 15, 5:40 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Callaway | 18 hr |
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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.