Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS St. Louis, MO

Issued

Jun 18, 2011, 10:53 PM CDT (03:53 UTC)

Expired

Jun 19, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS St. Louis, MO

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Cole County, MO, Osage County, MO

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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807 
WGUS53 KLSX 190353
FFWLSX
MOC051-151-191200-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0057.110619T0353Z-110619T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1053 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT SUNDAY

* AT 1046 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  THAT SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES
  OF RAINFALL SINCE 9 PM BETWEEN HICKORY HILL AND AND FREEBURG. 
  THIS STORM AND THE STORMS FROM LAST NIGHT HAS CAUSED THE SOIL TO 
  BECOME SATURATED.  ADDITIONAL STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY
  RAINFALL WILL LIKELY MOVE OVER THE WARNED AREA THROUGH DAYBREAK.  

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LINN...BRAZITO...FREEBURG...HICKORY  HILL...RICH FOUNTAIN...ST. 
  THOMAS...TAOS...WARDSVILLE AND WESTPHALIA.  IN ADDITION...THE 
  HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT
  EMPTY INTO THE OSAGE RIVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST
LOUIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3859 9218 3856 9210 3856 9202 3859 9195
      3867 9185 3868 9177 3871 9173 3870 9164
      3828 9165 3829 9220 3833 9220 3832 9226
      3834 9229 3834 9241 3842 9241

$$

BRITT

105 
WGUS73 KLSX 190922
FFSLSX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
422 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

MOC051-151-191200-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0057.000000T0000Z-110619T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLE MO-OSAGE MO-
422 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OSAGE AND COLE COUNTIES
UNTIL 700 AM CDT...

AT 420 AM CDT...HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED...HOWEVER LOCAL CREEKS AND 
STREAM ARE STILL LIKELY RUNNING VERY HIGH FROM EARLIER VERY HEAVY 
RAIN. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...JEFFERSON
CITY...LINN...BRAZITO...CHAMOIS...FREEBURG...HICKORY HILL...RICH
FOUNTAIN...ST. THOMAS...TAOS...WARDSVILLE AND WESTPHALIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.

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 3859 9218 3856 9210 3856 9202 3859 9195
      3867 9185 3868 9177 3871 9173 3870 9164
      3828 9165 3829 9220 3833 9220 3832 9226
      3834 9229 3834 9241 3842 9241

$$

BROWNING

248 
WGUS73 KLSX 191154
FFSLSX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
654 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

MOC051-151-191209-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0057.000000T0000Z-110619T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLE MO-OSAGE MO-
654 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR OSAGE AND COLE
COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 AM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 3859 9218 3856 9210 3856 9202 3859 9195
      3867 9185 3868 9177 3871 9173 3870 9164
      3828 9165 3829 9220 3833 9220 3832 9226
      3834 9229 3834 9241 3842 9241

$$

TILLY

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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.