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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT for Moniteau County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 3, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2013, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Moniteau County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 455 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2047 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
929
WGUS53 KLSX 040100
FFWLSX
MOC135-040400-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0041.130704T0100Z-130704T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
800 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MONITEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 759 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF AROUND THREE AND ONE HALF INCHES
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF MONITEAU COUNTY.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CALIFORNIA...HIGH POINT AND MCGIRK.
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 3864 9264 3867 9242 3843 9249 3843 9262
3852 9275
$$
TILLY1 follow-up statement
370
WGUS73 KLSX 040355
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1055 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2013
MOC135-040410-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-130704T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONITEAU MO-
1055 PM CDT WED JUL 3 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MONITEAU
COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CDT...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. IF
FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3864 9264 3867 9242 3843 9249 3843 9262
3852 9275
$$
TILLYNearby
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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.