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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2013, 2:07 PM CDT for Saint Charles County, Missouri. It was in force for 24 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 4, 2013, 2:07 PM CDT (19:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2013, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Saint Charles County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 1487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
326
WGUS53 KLSX 041907
FFWLSX
MOC183-051900-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0025.130604T1907Z-130605T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
207 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
* AT 122 PM CDT...A LEVEE BREACH WAS REPORTED TO THE ST. CHARLES
COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. THE BREACH WAS LOCATED ALONG
THE MISSOURI RIVER NEAR EASTERNMOST EXTENT OF THE CONSOLIDATED
NORTH COUNTY LEVEE NEAR CORA ISLAND. MEANWHILE...THE FLOOD THREAT
IN THE WEST ALTON AREA REMAINS. MULTIPLE SECTIONS OF THE LEVEE
ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ARE ALSO AT RISK OF OVERTOPPING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...THIS
WARNING IS FOR THE AREA WITHIN THE WEST ALTON CITY LIMITS.
AREAS OUTSIDE OF THESE CITY LIMITS ARE NOT CURRENTLY THREATENED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3883 9015 3882 9019 3885 9025 3889 9029
3889 9032 3893 9032 3892 9030 3892 9026
3891 9022 3888 9019 3886 9013
$$
BRITT2 follow-up statements
425
WGUS73 KLSX 042004
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
304 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013
MOC183-051900-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-130605T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ST. CHARLES MO-
304 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN ST. CHARLES
COUNTY UNTIL 200 PM CDT WEDNESDAY...
AT 259 PM CDT...A LEVEE BREACH WAS REPORTED TO THE ST. CHARLES
COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. THE BREACH WAS LOCATED ALONG
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER JUST BELOW MELVIN PRICE LOCK AND DAM.
MEANWHILE...THE FLOOD THREAT IN THE WEST ALTON AREA REMAINS.
ADDITIONALLY...THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER LEVEE THAT ARE AT RISK OF OVERTOPPING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...WEST ALTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3883 9015 3882 9019 3885 9025 3889 9029
3889 9032 3893 9032 3892 9030 3892 9026
3891 9022 3888 9019 3886 9013
$$
CARNEY623
WGUS73 KLSX 051900
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
200 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013
MOC183-051914-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-130605T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ST. CHARLES MO-
200 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN ST.
CHARLES COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 200 PM CDT...
IMMINENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY HAS ENDED DUE TO THIS LEVEE
FAILURE. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL FAILURES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE
CONSOLIDATED NORTH COUNTY LEVEE SYSTEM IN EASTERN ST. CHARLES
COUNTY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED SOON FOR THIS THREAT. BE
SURE TO REMAIN ALERT FOR FUTURE UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING
SITUATION.
LAT...LON 3883 9015 3882 9019 3885 9025 3889 9029
3889 9032 3893 9032 3892 9030 3892 9026
3891 9022 3888 9019 3886 9013
$$
TILLY/FUCHSThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 8:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 18 hr |
Nearby
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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.