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Areal Flood Warning 57, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this areal flood warning at Jun 18, 2011, 1:06 PM CDT for Macoupin County, Montgomery County, Illinois. 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2011, 1:06 PM CDT (18:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2011, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Macoupin County, IL, Montgomery County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 833 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Jun 18, 12:45 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 12:45 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 7:50 AM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 750 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-191200- 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- 750 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011 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 AFTER A ROUND OF EARLY MORNING STORMS...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS. MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS OCCURRING AT POINTS ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NORTH OF ST LOUIS. PLEASE SEE THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS ON SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE AREA ONCE AGAIN EARLY TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE AT POINTS ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NORTH OF ST LOUIS. MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS FORECAST TO BEGIN ON THE ILLINOIS RIVER AT HARDIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. PLEASE SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING OR RAINFALLS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH. TRUETT
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 18, 9:41 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1028 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0121 AM TSTM WND DMG 8 W VIRDEN 39.50N 89.92W
06/18/2011 MACOUPIN IL AMATEUR RADIO
TREE LIMBS DOWN...NO SIZE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
0333 AM TSTM WND DMG TIPTON 38.65N 92.78W
06/18/2011 MONITEAU MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE TREE DOWN AND ROOF PARTIALLY OFF A METAL
OUTBUILDING IN TIPTON.
0350 AM TSTM WND DMG COLUMBIA 38.95N 92.33W
06/18/2011 BOONE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TWO TREES HAVE FALLEN ONTO A HOUSE IN COLUMBIA
0400 AM FLASH FLOOD HILLSBORO 39.16N 89.48W
06/18/2011 MONTGOMERY IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
VIADUCT FLOODED IN TOWN.
0400 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 N IRVING 39.22N 89.41W
06/18/2011 MONTGOMERY IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROUTE 16 FLOODED.
0402 AM TSTM WND DMG HALLSVILLE 39.12N 92.22W
06/18/2011 BOONE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER LINES DOWN...TRANSFORMER ON FIRE.
0410 AM FLASH FLOOD RAYMOND 39.32N 89.57W
06/18/2011 MONTGOMERY IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
VIADUCT FLOODED IN TOWN TO A DEPTH OF 3 TO 4 FEET.
0412 AM TSTM WND GST TAOS 38.50N 92.08W
06/18/2011 E40 MPH COLE MO TRAINED SPOTTER
0415 AM TSTM WND DMG FULTON 38.85N 91.95W
06/18/2011 CALLAWAY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN FULTON...TREE ALSO FELL
ON A CAR AT WESTMINSTER COLLEGE IN FULTON. A STREET SIGN
WAS PULLED OUT OF THE GROUND AND BLEW PAST A POLICEMAN
JUST WEST OF FULTON.
0443 AM TSTM WND DMG NEW FLORENCE 38.91N 91.45W
06/18/2011 MONTGOMERY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEMI FLIPPED OVER ON INTERSTATE 70 NEAR MILE MARKER
175.
0443 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 SE MONTGOMERY CITY 38.94N 91.47W
06/18/2011 MONTGOMERY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED ON HIGHWAY 19
BETWEEN INTERSTATE 70 AND MONTGOMERY CITY. HIGHWAY
PATROL NOW REPORTS AT LEAST 2 SEMIS BLOWN OVER IN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY ALONG INTERSTATE 70. CORRECTED TIME OF
OCCURRANCE
0452 AM HAIL RHINELAND 38.72N 91.52W
06/18/2011 M0.25 INCH MONTGOMERY MO TRAINED SPOTTER
0511 AM TSTM WND DMG MONROE CITY 39.65N 91.73W
06/18/2011 MONROE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN
0511 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW MONROE CITY 39.68N 91.77W
06/18/2011 MARION MO FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
*** 3 INJ *** THUNDERSTORM WIND KNOCKED MOBILE HOME OFF
OF ITS FOUNDATION ON COUNTY ROAD 216. ONLY MINOR
INJURIES. MOBILE HOME WAS COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED.
0529 AM HAIL 3 S HANNIBAL 39.66N 91.38W
06/18/2011 E0.25 INCH RALLS MO TRAINED SPOTTER
NEAR INTERSECTION OF ROUTE M AND HIGHWAY 61.
0530 AM FLASH FLOOD SALEM 38.63N 88.95W
06/18/2011 MARION IL EMERGENCY MNGR
FLOODED ROADS THROUGHOUT COUNTY...SOME WITH ONE TO TWO
FEET OF WATER. SEVERAL CARS HAVE BEEN STRANDED IN THE
FLOOD WATERS.
0534 AM TSTM WND DMG FLINT HILL 38.85N 90.86W
06/18/2011 ST. CHARLES MO EMERGENCY MNGR
A COUPLE OF THREE INCH TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN.
0540 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 NNE O'FALLON 38.82N 90.70W
06/18/2011 ST. CHARLES MO TRAINED SPOTTER
TWELVE INCH DIAMETER TREE BLOWN DOWN.
0540 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 N O'FALLON 38.80N 90.71W
06/18/2011 ST. CHARLES MO EMERGENCY MNGR
FOUR INCH TREE LIMB BLOWN DOWN ONTO A PICKUP TRUCK.
0543 AM HEAVY RAIN FLINT HILL 38.85N 90.86W
06/18/2011 M1.34 INCH ST. CHARLES MO TRAINED SPOTTER
FELL IN 15 MINUTES.
0545 AM FLASH FLOOD CARLYLE 38.62N 89.37W
06/18/2011 CLINTON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
STREETS WERE FLOODED IN TOWN...HAS SINCE RECEEDED.
0558 AM TSTM WND GST ORCHARD FARMS 38.88N 90.45W
06/18/2011 E50 MPH ST. CHARLES MO TRAINED SPOTTER
0600 AM TSTM WND GST 4 NNE ORCHARD FARMS 38.93N 90.42W
06/18/2011 M60 MPH ST. CHARLES MO ASOS
AT SMART FIELD.
0600 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 NW O'FALLON 38.79N 90.72W
06/18/2011 M1.50 INCH ST. CHARLES MO TRAINED SPOTTER
SINCE 530 AM.
0600 AM FLASH FLOOD VIRDEN 39.50N 89.77W
06/18/2011 MACOUPIN IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
LOTS OF COUNTY ROADS FLOODED NEAR VIRDEN.
0622 AM TSTM WND GST MASCOUTAH 38.51N 89.81W
06/18/2011 M62 MPH ST. CLAIR IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0624 AM TSTM WND GST COLUMBIA 38.46N 90.23W
06/18/2011 E70 MPH MONROE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0640 AM HAIL MARYVILLE 38.73N 89.96W
06/18/2011 M0.25 INCH MADISON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0653 AM HAIL LEBANON 38.60N 89.81W
06/18/2011 M0.25 INCH ST. CLAIR IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0654 AM TSTM WND GST NEW BADEN 38.54N 89.70W
06/18/2011 M54 MPH CLINTON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0654 AM HAIL NEW BADEN 38.54N 89.70W
06/18/2011 M0.25 INCH CLINTON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0658 AM TSTM WND GST AVISTON 38.61N 89.61W
06/18/2011 M45 MPH CLINTON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM FLOOD LEBANON 38.60N 89.81W
06/18/2011 ST. CLAIR IL AMATEUR RADIO
ROADS FLOODED IN LEBANON AND SMITHTON AREAS WITH 4 TO 6
INCHES OF WATER.
0706 AM HAIL GIRARD 39.45N 89.78W
06/18/2011 E0.25 INCH MACOUPIN IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0718 AM TSTM WND GST HOYLETON 38.45N 89.27W
06/18/2011 E60 MPH WASHINGTON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
VERY LITTLE BIT OF HAIL.
0718 AM HAIL HOYLETON 38.45N 89.27W
06/18/2011 E0.25 INCH WASHINGTON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
VERY LITTLE BIT OF HAIL.
0721 AM HAIL CARLYLE 38.62N 89.37W
06/18/2011 E0.25 INCH CLINTON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0733 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 S PITTSBURG 38.81N 89.21W
06/18/2011 FAYETTE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN...A FEW ONTO POWER LINES.
0734 AM HAIL CENTRALIA 38.52N 89.13W
06/18/2011 E0.25 INCH MARION IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0738 AM TSTM WND DMG RAMSEY 39.14N 89.11W
06/18/2011 FAYETTE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES BLOWN DOWN...A FEW ONTO POWER LINES.
0752 AM HEAVY RAIN CENTRALIA 38.52N 89.13W
06/18/2011 E2.50 INCH MARION IL TRAINED SPOTTER
SINCE 3 AM. SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND YARDS
NORTHEAST OF AIRPORT. CORRECTED TO LOCATION.
0755 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 NNE OAKVILLE 38.47N 90.30W
06/18/2011 M2.25 INCH ST. LOUIS MO TRAINED SPOTTER
IN LAST 20 HOURS.
0832 AM HEAVY RAIN MEHLVILLE 38.50N 90.32W
06/18/2011 M2.55 INCH ST. LOUIS MO PUBLIC
24 HOUR RAINFALL
0855 AM FLASH FLOOD HILLSBORO 39.16N 89.48W
06/18/2011 MONTGOMERY IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED IN THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
&&
BYRDLocal storm report, Jun 18, 10:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1048 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1045 AM FLASH FLOOD CARLYLE 38.62N 89.37W
06/18/2011 CLINTON IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER STILL ON ROADWAYS...BUT IMPROVING. ONLY ONE ROAD
CLOSED NORTH OF CARLYLE...EAST OF ILLINOIS ROUTE 127.
&&
BYRDLocal storm report, Jun 18, 10:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1051 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1048 AM FLASH FLOOD SALEM 38.63N 88.95W
06/18/2011 MARION IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER RECEEDING IN SALEM...THOUGH COUNTY ROADS STILL
FLOODED.
&&
BYRDLocal storm report, Jun 18, 1:04 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
104 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1256 PM FLOOD VIRDEN 39.50N 89.77W
06/18/2011 MACOUPIN IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS NEAR VIRDEN REMAIN FLOODED.
&&
BYRDLocal storm report, Jun 18, 1:06 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
106 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1245 PM HEAVY RAIN COFFEEN 39.09N 89.39W
06/18/2011 M3.50 INCH MONTGOMERY IL TRAINED SPOTTER
IN PAST 12 HOURS.
&&
BYRDThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 3:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage | 63 min |
| Jun 18, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Cole, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Franklin, Gasconade, Lincoln, Montgomery and 4 more | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 4:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Montgomery, Saint Charles, Warren | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 5:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike | 38 min |
| Jun 18, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion, Pike, Ralls | 65 min |
| Jun 18, 5:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Pike, Saint Charles, Saint Louis and 2 more | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 5:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Pike, Saint Charles | 19 min |
| Jun 18, 5:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 7:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison | 16 min |
| Jun 18, 3:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 17 more | 15 hr |
| Jun 18, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 1:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 12 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 2:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Fayette, Montgomery | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Bond, Fayette | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Clinton, Marion | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 6:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Clinton, Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 6:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Marion, Randolph and 2 more | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Marion | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 4:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Fayette | 5 days |
| Jun 18, 5:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Montgomery | 23 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2011Every areal flood warning in 2011
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.