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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2011, 6:30 AM CDT for Adams County, Illinois. 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
- Jun 14, 2011, 6:30 AM CDT (11:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2011, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Adams County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:33 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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
066
WGUS53 KLSX 141130
FFWLSX
ILC001-141730-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0048.110614T1130Z-110614T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
630 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
* AT 628 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT AND ANOTHER ROUND
OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO ADAMS COUNTY...WITH ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAIN LIKELY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THREE TO FOUR
INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVERNIGHT WITH ANOTHER ONE TO
TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
QUINCY...BEVERLY...CAMP POINT...CLAYTON...FALL CREEK...GOLDEN...
MENDON AND PAYSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST
LOUIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4019 9092 3976 9092 3976 9136 3980 9137
3985 9144 3989 9145 3992 9142 3993 9142
4004 9150 4007 9149 4019 9151 4020 9129
$$
TILLY2 follow-up statements
736
WGUS73 KLSX 141340
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
840 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
ILC001-141730-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110614T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ADAMS IL-
840 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ADAMS COUNTY UNTIL 1230
PM CDT...
AT 834 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE
OCCURRING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FELL
OVERNIGHT AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED
THIS MORNING. LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO REPORTED STANDING WATER ON MANY
ROADS ACROSS ADAMS COUNTY.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
QUINCY...BEVERLY...CAMP POINT...CLAYTON...FALL CREEK...GOLDEN...
MENDON AND PAYSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4019 9092 3976 9092 3976 9136 3980 9137
3985 9144 3989 9145 3992 9142 3993 9142
4004 9150 4007 9149 4019 9151 4020 9129
$$
KANOFSKY222
WGUS73 KLSX 141724
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1224 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
ILC001-141739-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110614T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ADAMS IL-
1224 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR ADAMS COUNTY WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1230 PM CDT...
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.
LAT...LON 4019 9092 3976 9092 3976 9136 3980 9137
3985 9144 3989 9145 3992 9142 3993 9142
4004 9150 4007 9149 4019 9151 4020 9129
$$
KANOFSKYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 10:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Adams | 8 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Brown, Pike | 8 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Pike | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 16 min |
| Jun 14, 4:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Adams | 10 days |
| Jun 14, 6:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Brown, Pike | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 8:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Brown | 10 days |
| Jun 14, 9:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 10:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Fayette | 11 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.