Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 78, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2011, 3:16 AM CDT for Iron County, Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2011, 3:16 AM CDT (08:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Iron County, MO, Reynolds County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:19 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.24 | Oates, MO | 24-HOUR TOTAL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 260 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
- 1117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
903
WGUS53 KLSX 130816
FFWLSX
MOC093-179-131400-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0078.110713T0816Z-110713T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
316 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 900 AM CDT
* AT 314 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
SINCE MIDNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF REYNOLDS COUNTY.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
IRONTON...ANNAPOLIS...ARCADIA...BELLEVIEW...BUNKER...ELLINGTON...
GARWOOD...GLOVER...OATES...PILOT KNOB AND REYNOLDS.
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.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3705 9096 3709 9097 3710 9102 3716 9104
3723 9113 3725 9113 3726 9117 3741 9118
3741 9120 3749 9122 3759 9116 3773 9067
3764 9064 3763 9060 3764 9054 3732 9055
3726 9073 3713 9076 3713 9077 3705 9077
$$
GLASS2 follow-up statements
428
WGUS73 KLSX 131034
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
534 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2011
MOC093-179-131400-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0078.000000T0000Z-110713T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
IRON MO-REYNOLDS MO-
534 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR REYNOLDS AND IRON
COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM CDT...
AT 520 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED
THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY...AND CENTRAL IRON COUNTY THROUGH 500 AM.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
IRONTON...ANNAPOLIS...ARCADIA...BELLEVIEW...BUNKER...ELLINGTON...
GARWOOD...GLOVER...OATES...PILOT KNOB AND REYNOLDS.
DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT LOGAN CREEK IN REYNOLDS COUNTY WAS HIT
PARTICULARLY HARD BY THIS HEAVY RAIN. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY
ALONG LOGAN CREEK IN CENTRAL REYNOLDS COUNTY UNTIL IT REACHES
CLEARWATER LAKE. WHILE THE MAJORITY OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS
ENDED...AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE
RAIN ENDS.
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.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3705 9096 3709 9097 3710 9102 3716 9104
3723 9113 3725 9113 3726 9117 3741 9118
3741 9120 3749 9122 3759 9116 3773 9067
3764 9064 3763 9060 3764 9054 3732 9055
3726 9073 3713 9076 3713 9077 3705 9077
$$
CARNEY323
WGUS73 KLSX 131358
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
858 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2011
MOC093-179-131412-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0078.000000T0000Z-110713T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
IRON MO-REYNOLDS MO-
858 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR REYNOLDS AND IRON
COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 900 AM CDT...
A CHECK WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED NO ONGOING ISSUES IN
ASSOCIATION WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
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 3705 9096 3709 9097 3710 9102 3716 9104
3723 9113 3725 9113 3726 9117 3741 9118
3741 9120 3749 9122 3759 9116 3773 9067
3764 9064 3763 9060 3764 9054 3732 9055
3726 9073 3713 9076 3713 9077 3705 9077
$$
MILLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Washington | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 1:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Osage, Sainte Genevieve and 2 more | 8 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.