River Flood Warning 227, NWS St. Louis, MO

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
547 AM CDT TUE JUL 20 2010

.UPDATE...
/546 AM CDT TUE JUL 20 2010/

QUICK UPDATE TO THE FORECAST TO ACCOUNT FOR MERGING MCS MASS TO
OUR NORTHWEST THAT IS NOW POISED TO MOVE ACROSS THE HEART OF THE
CWA THIS MORNING AS IT DECAYS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH
FLOODING ARE THE MAIN CONCERN THIS MORNING.

CVKING

&&

.DISCUSSION...
/447 AM CDT TUE JUL 20 2010/

THE MAIN FCST ISSUES ARE HEAT/HUMIDITY AND THUNDERSTORMS...EACH OF
WHICH AFFECTS THE OTHER IN THIS ATMOSPHERIC PATTN. QUASISTATIONARY
BDRY WAS LOCATED NEAR THE MO/IA BORDER PER EARLY MORNING SFC
ANALYSIS. AN OLD OUTFLOW BDRY EXTENDED FM NWRN MO THROUGH CENTRAL MO
AND TWO ONGOING MCS/S WERE PRODUCING NEW OUTFLOW BDRYS ACROSS THE
REGION. QUASISTATIONARY SYNOPTIC BDRY WILL BE ALTERNATELY PUSHED NWD
BY SLY SYNOPTIC FLOW AND PUSHED SWD BY THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS. THIS
TRANSLATES TO A BATTLE BETWEEN HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WORKING
FARTHER NEWD WHILE OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS AND RESIDUAL
CLOUDINESS ATTEMPT TO PUSH BACK THE HEAT. THE SPATIAL EXTENT OF
HOT/HUMID CONDITIONS IS IN TURN TIED TO THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL
BECAUSE RESIDUAL CLOUDINESS /WHICH LIMITS DAYTIME HEATING/ WILL ACT
TO REDUCE INSTABILITY WHILE ADVECTION OF VERY MOIST AIR /DEW POINTS
IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S/ WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN INSTABILITY.

WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN...I EXPECT TO SEE
ANOTHER DAY OR TWO OF SCATTERED DAYTIME THUNDERSTORMS AND NOCTURNAL
MCS/S. DECREASING LLJ THIS MORNING AND LINGERING CLOUDINESS FM
OVERNIGHT CONVECTION SHOULD LEAD TO A DECREASE IN PCPN COVERAGE
DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. AS THE CLOUDS DISSIPATE...DAYTIME
HEATING AND ADVECTION OF MOIST AIR BACK INTO THE REGION SHOULD LEAD
TO INCREASING INSTABILITY BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. GENERALLY EXPECT
SCT TSRA DURING THE AFTN BEFORE A FEW MORE MCS/S ORGANIZE OVER THE
PLAINS TONIGHT WITH AT LEAST ONE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MOVING INTO
THE CWA. MODELS SUGGEST THE NOSE OF THE LLJ WILL BE FARTHER TO THE
WEST TONIGHT AND MUCH STRONGER AND FOCUSED FARTHER N ON WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...BUT I HESITATE TO PUT TOO MUCH STOCK IN THESE ASSESSMENTS
GIVEN THE OVERALL POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE OPERATIONAL MODELS OVER
THE LAST FEW DAYS. AT THE VERY LEAST...I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE
ANOTHER MCS AFFECTING THE CWA TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY AGAIN TOMORROW
NIGHT. PCPN CHCS BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY AS A LOW PRES SYS
DVLPS OVER NE/SD AND MOVES NEWD INTO WI...LIFTING THE
QUASISTATIONARY BDRY NWD AS A WMFNT. TRAILING CDFNT FM THIS SYSTEM
THEN SINKS SWD ON FRI/SAT...BRINGING RENEWED TSRA CHCS TO THE
AREA.

THERE IS A CONCERN FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST
MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS GIVEN PWATS OF 1.5 TO 2
INCHES...DECREASING FFG...AND REPEATED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE SAME
GENERAL AREA. HAVE ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 12Z WED TO
HIGHLIGHT THIS POTENTIAL.

AS FOR HEAT/HUMIDITY HEADLINES...IT/S A TOUGH CALL BETWEEN
THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS AND A VERY MOIST AIR MASS. ATTM IT LOOKS LIKE
SEVERAL COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MO ARE THE MOST LIKELY TO REACH A HEAT
INDEX OF 105...THEREFORE WENT AHEAD WITH A HEAT ADVISORY FOR THIS
AREA. THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA IS CLOSE TO REACHING THE DURATION
CRITERIA FOR A HEAT ADVISORY /MAX HEAT INDEX OF 100 DEG FOR 4+
DAYS/. GIVEN THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL BREAKS IN THE HEAT OVER
THE PAST FEW DAYS AND A THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW APPROACHING THE
CITY AT ISSUANCE...WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY HEAT HEADLINES FOR THE STL
METRO AREA.

NO CHANGES PAST 12Z SAT.

KANOFSKY

&&

.AVIATION...
/1232 AM CDT TUE JUL 20 2010/
COMPLEX OF STORMS HAS DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHERN IOWA AND INTO WEST
CENTRAL IL...SINKING TO THE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS
OF THE FORECAST AREA. WILL KEEP TSTM MENTION AT KUIN THROUGH
07Z...THEN JUST HAVE VCTS MENTION AS THEY REMAIN NEAR FRONTAL
BOUNDARY AND MAIN AXIS OF INSTABILITY. FOR REST OF TAF SITES...KCOU
SHOULD NOT SEE STORMS AS THE COMPLEX SLIDES TO THEIR EAST...BUT DID
PUT IN CB MENTION FOR A FEW HOURS THIS MORNING. AS FOR KSUS AND
KSTL...WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH THE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER. FOR
KSUS...JUST WENT WITH VCTS...WHILE KSTL HAS A BETTER CHANCE OF
SEEING SOME STORMS...MAINLY AROUND THE 08Z TIMEFRAME...SO WENT WITH
TSTM AND HIGH END MVFR VSBYS...THEN JUST VCTS MENTION AFTER 09Z. ALL
SITES TO SEE A BIT OF A BREAK TIL THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY...BUT
TIMING AND COVERAGE STILL HARD TO PIN DOWN...SO JUST WENT WITH
CB...THOUGH DID ADD VCTS MENTION AT KUIN AROUND 01Z AND KSTL AROUND
07Z WED.

SPECIFICS FOR KSTL...SEE DISCUSSION ABOVE.

BYRD

&&

.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR AUDRAIN MO-KNOX
     MO-LEWIS MO-MARION MO-MONROE MO-PIKE MO-RALLS MO-SHELBY MO.

     HEAT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
     FOR BOONE MO-CALLAWAY MO-COLE MO-MONITEAU MO-OSAGE MO.

IL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ADAMS IL-BROWN
     IL-PIKE IL.

&&

WFO LSX

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
533 AM CDT TUE JUL 20 2010

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-211045-
GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-
MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-
CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-KNOX MO-
LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO-MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-PIKE MO-BOONE MO-
AUDRAIN MO-MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO-
LINCOLN MO-GASCONADE MO-WARREN MO-ST. CHARLES MO-FRANKLIN MO-
ST. LOUIS MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO-JEFFERSON MO-CRAWFORD MO-
WASHINGTON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-IRON MO-
MADISON MO-REYNOLDS MO-
533 AM CDT TUE JUL 20 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND
CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF MISSOURI
AND ILLINOIS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE AND
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE
ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. PLEASE SEE
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH PRODUCT FOR DETAILS.

HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF
CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAT INDEX VALUES OF
AROUND 100 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE.

MODERATE FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG PARTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
PLEASE SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE
AREA ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF
NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

HIGH LEVELS OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL PERSIST FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY...WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES CLIMBING INTO THE 100 TO 105
DEGREE RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO
RELAY SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN ST. LOUIS.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE)... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX/?N=HWO1

KANOFSKY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
319 AM CDT TUE JUL 20 2010

ILZ097-MOZ035-036-042-200900-
AUDRAIN MO-PIKE MO-PIKE IL-RALLS MO-
319 AM CDT TUE JUL 20 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND EASTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
AND RALLS AND PIKE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 400 AM CDT...

AT 318 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEW LONDON TO 5
MILES SOUTH OF PERRY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  VANDALIA...
  BOWLING GREEN...
  LOUISIANA...
  FARBER...
  FRANKFORD...
  SPENCERBURG...
  CURRYVILLE...
  PIKE...
  NEW HARTFORD...
  ATLAS...
  ASHBURN...
  ROCKPORT...
  ST. CLEMENT...
  ASHLEY...
  SUMMER HILL...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

CVKING

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
343 AM CDT TUE JUL 20 2010

ILZ097-098-MOZ036-052-200930-
CALHOUN IL-LINCOLN MO-PIKE MO-PIKE IL-
343 AM CDT TUE JUL 20 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST
ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND
NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND PIKE
COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 430 AM CDT...

AT 340 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
FRANKFORD TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANKFORD TO VANDALIA...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  BOWLING GREEN...
  LOUISIANA...
  ELSBERRY...
  CURRYVILLE...
  PIKE...
  ATLAS...
  CLARKSVILLE...
  PLEASANT HILL...
  EOLIA...
  BELLEVIEW...
  HARDIN...
  ASHBURN...
  ROCKPORT...
  ST. CLEMENT...
  ASHLEY...
  CYRENE...
  SUMMER HILL...
  EDGEWOOD...
  MARTINSBURG...
  INDEPENDENCE...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

CVKING

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
439 AM CDT TUE JUL 20 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0437 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 N PERRY               39.44N  91.67W
07/20/2010                   RALLS              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            10 INCHES OF FLOWING WATER ACROSS HIGHWAY J NEAR LICK
            CREEK BRIDGE.

&&

CVKING

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