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Areal Flood Warning 26, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this areal flood warning at Sep 10, 2014, 5:59 PM CDT for 6 counties in 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 10, 2014, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Marion County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Shelby County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 478 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Sep 10, 3:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 3:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 10, 3:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 325 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2014 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-111145- GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL- MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL- CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-KNOX MO- LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO-MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-PIKE MO-BOONE MO- AUDRAIN MO-MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO- LINCOLN MO-GASCONADE MO-WARREN MO-ST. CHARLES MO-FRANKLIN MO- ST. LOUIS MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO-JEFFERSON MO-CRAWFORD MO- WASHINGTON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-IRON MO- MADISON MO-REYNOLDS MO- 325 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE THIS EVENING WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER AS WELL AS RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF GREATER THAN 2 INCHES. GLASS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 10, 12:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Sep 10, 5:03 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
503 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0503 PM HEAVY RAIN NOVELTY 40.01N 92.21W
09/10/2014 M7.89 INCH KNOX MO CO-OP OBSERVER
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GOSSELINSpecial weather statement, Sep 10, 5:04 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 504 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2014 MOZ084-085-102245- IRON MO-MADISON MO- 504 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN MADISON AND IRON COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 501 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SACO...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IRONTON... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... SACO AROUND 510 PM CDT. BUCKHORN AROUND 535 PM CDT. MARQUAND AROUND 545 PM CDT. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. CVKING
Local storm report, Sep 10, 5:45 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
545 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0543 PM FLOOD 2 SW HANNIBAL 39.69N 91.41W
09/10/2014 RALLS MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
HYDESBURG ROAD REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
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JPThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 9:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 5 days |
| Sep 9, 9:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 5 days |
| Sep 9, 11:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 37 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Knox | 6 hr |
| Sep 10, 3:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Sep 10, 5:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Marion | 41 min |
| Sep 10, 8:09 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 4 days |
| Sep 10, 8:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 58 hr |
| Sep 10, 8:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 48 hr |
| Sep 10, 8:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion, Ralls, Shelby | 9 hr |
| Sep 10, 12:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 8 days |
| Sep 10, 12:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 8 days |
| Sep 10, 12:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 8 days |
| Sep 10, 12:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 7 days |
| Sep 10, 12:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Ralls | 6 days |
| Sep 10, 12:25 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 8 days |
| Sep 9, 8:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Brown | 8 days |
| Sep 10, 5:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Adams | 6 hr |
| Sep 10, 11:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Adams | 7 hr |
| Sep 10, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair, Washington | 51 min |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2014Every areal flood warning in 2014
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.