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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2013, 2:35 PM 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 23, 2013, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2013, 8:30 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), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 588 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
962
WGUS53 KLSX 231935
FFWLSX
ILC001-240130-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0037.130623T1935Z-130624T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
235 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN LESS
THAN AN HOUR.
* 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.
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 4012 9092 3976 9092 3976 9137 3980 9137
3983 9140 4011 9136
$$
BYRD2 follow-up statements
317
WGUS73 KLSX 232149
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
449 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013
ILC001-240130-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-130624T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ADAMS IL-
449 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ADAMS COUNTY UNTIL 830
PM CDT...
AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL LIGHT RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE
OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BEVERLY...CAMP POINT...CLAYTON...FALL CREEK...GOLDEN...MENDON AND
PAYSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4012 9092 3976 9092 3976 9137 3980 9137
3983 9140 4011 9136
$$
BYRD617
WGUS73 KLSX 240034
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
734 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013
ILC001-240050-
/O.CAN.KLSX.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-130624T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ADAMS IL-
734 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR ADAMS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
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 4012 9092 3976 9092 3976 9137 3980 9137
3983 9140 4011 9136
$$
GLASSThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Madison | 3 hr |
| 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.