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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2013, 8:21 AM CDT for Madison County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 hr. 5 reports 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
- Jun 23, 2013, 8:21 AM CDT (13:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2013, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Madison County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:40 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Marine, IL | STREET FLOODING IN TOWN. |
| Jun 23, 9:40 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Marine, IL | NUMEROUS SECONDARY ROADS FLOODED BETWEEN HAMEL AND MARINE. |
| Jun 23, 9:45 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 W Marine, IL | ILLINOIS ROUTE 4 IS SHUT DOWN BETWEEN ILLINOIS ROUTE 143 AND I-70 DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Jun 23, 10:45 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Marine, IL | ILLNOIS ROUTE 143 IS CLOSED JUST WEST OF MARINE...DUE TO LAKE OVERFLOW AND SUBSEQUENT FLOODING OF CREEK THAT CROSSES IL ROUTE 143. |
| Jun 23, 10:53 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.8 | Marine, IL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 568 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
085 WGUS53 KLSX 231321 FFWLSX ILC119-231630- /O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0035.130623T1321Z-130623T1630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 821 AM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 1130 AM CDT * AT 817 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR OVER EASTERN MADISON COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN HAMEL AND MARINE...BETWEEN INTERSTATE 55 AND INTERSTATE 70. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLLINSVILLE...EDWARDSVILLE...GLEN CARBON...HIGHLAND...MARYVILLE... TROY...ALHAMBRA...CARPENTER...DORSEY...LIVINGSTON...MARINE... PRAIRIETOWN...ST. JACOB AND WORDEN. AT 810 AM...ILLINOIS STATE PATROL REPORTED THAT WATER WAS OVER INTERSTATE 55 AT MILE MARKER 30 NEAR THE HAMEL EXIT. 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. 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 3866 9003 3900 9002 3900 8964 3866 8964 $$ BYRD
1 follow-up statement
955 WGUS73 KLSX 231520 FFSLSX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1020 AM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 ILC119-231630- /O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-130623T1630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MADISON IL- 1020 AM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MADISON COUNTY UNTIL 1130 AM CDT... AT 1014 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA ARE WEAKENING AND MOVING OFF TO THE EAST. HOWEVER...UP TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST THREE HOURS...SO FLASH FLOODING WILL PERSIST A BIT LONGER. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...HAMEL...MARINE...HIGHLAND...ALHAMBRA...CARPENTER... LIVINGSTON...ST. JACOB AND WORDEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3866 9003 3900 9002 3900 8964 3866 8964 $$ BYRD
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 11:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Madison | 9 hr |
| Jun 23, 11:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Fayette, Marion | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 2:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Adams | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 5:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Fayette, Marion | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 6:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Madison | 6 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.