Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2014, 11:20 AM CDT for Monroe County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
- Jul 25, 2014, 11:20 AM CDT (16:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2014, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Monroe County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:23 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 11:31 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.4 | Stoutsville, MO | RAINFALL SINCE APPROXIMATELY 930 AM THIS MORNING. |
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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 284 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
- 1263 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
278
WGUS53 KLSX 251620
FFWLSX
MOC137-251930-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0018.140725T1620Z-140725T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1120 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 230 PM CDT
* AT 1112 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING
NORTHEAST OF PARIS. ONE FOOT OF WATER WAS COVERING HIGHWAY 24 AT
THE OTTER CREEK BRIDGE. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY
RAIN WILL BE ENDING SHORTLY...BUT THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL
CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE RAIN ENDS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MONROE CITY.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES MARK TWAIN LAKE RECREATIONAL AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3940 9172 3940 9194 3966 9194 3966 9191
3966 9172
$$
TRUETT2 follow-up statements
687
WGUS73 KLSX 251821
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
121 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014
MOC137-251930-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-140725T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONROE MO-
121 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MONROE COUNTY
UNTIL 230 PM CDT...
THE STORMS WHICH PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING HAVE MOVED
WELL EAST OF THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY
RAIN WILL MEAN A CONTINUED FLASH FLOOD THREAT INTO THE EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS.
RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATE THAT OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN
FELL DURING THE MORNING IN A FAIRLY NARROW BAND FROM NORTHWEST OF
STOUTSVILLE TO SOUTHEAST OF FLORIDA...AND A RAINFALL OBSERVER AT
STOUTSVILLE MEASURED JUST UNDER FOUR AND ONE-HALF INCHES OF RAIN
SHORTLY BEFORE NOON.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...MONROE CITY....STOUTSVILLE...AND FLORIDA.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES MARK TWAIN LAKE RECREATIONAL AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3940 9172 3940 9194 3966 9194 3966 9191
3966 9172
$$
TRUETT594
WGUS73 KLSX 251925
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
225 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014
MOC137-251938-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-140725T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONROE MO-
225 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MONROE
COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 230 PM CDT...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM THIS MORNINGS HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE
WARNED AREA....AND THE MONROE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE INDICATES NO
ADDITIONAL FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THEIR OFFICE.
THOSE DRIVING INTO FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE
CAUTION...AS THE RUNOFF FROM THE MORNING DOWNPOURS COULD HAVE
DAMAGED ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. BE CERTAIN TO REPORT ANY
ROAD DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3940 9172 3940 9194 3966 9194 3966 9191
3966 9172
$$
TRUETTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 11:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:53 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren, City of Saint Louis | 26 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.