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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2014, 11:58 AM CDT for Knox County, Lewis County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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
- Jul 25, 2014, 11:58 AM CDT (16:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2014, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 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, 1:23 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4 | Ewing, MO | |
| Jul 25, 1:23 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.5 | Lewistown, MO | |
| Jul 25, 1:26 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lewistown, MO | SOME COUNTY ROADS WASHED OUT IN THE LEWISTOWN AREA...AND SOME CULVERTS WERE POPPED OUT OF THE GROUND DUE TO THE HEAVY RUNOFF |
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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 281 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.
321
WGUS53 KLSX 251658
FFWLSX
MOC103-111-252000-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0019.140725T1658Z-140725T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1158 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 1156 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED THROUGH THE AREA DURING
THE MORNING. RADAR ESTIMATES SOME LOCATIONS BETWEEN EDINA AND
EWING HAVE RECEIVED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN. 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...
EDINA...COLONY...EWING...KNOX CITY...LA BELLE...LEWISTOWN...PLEVNA
AND STEFFENVILLE.
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.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST
LOUIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4026 9194 4025 9161 3995 9161 3994 9179
3996 9219 4030 9219 4031 9195
$$
TRUETT2 follow-up statements
235
WGUS73 KLSX 251815
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
115 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014
MOC103-111-252000-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140725T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KNOX MO-LEWIS MO-
115 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LEWIS AND EASTERN KNOX
COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT...
ALTHOUGH THE STORMS WHICH PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN DURING THE MORNING
HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA...RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN IS
CONTINUING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SHORTLY
AFTER 1 PM...THE LEWIS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED FLOODING IS
OCCURRING ON SOME SECONDARY ROADS DUE TO RUNOFF FROM FARM FIELDS.
HE ALSO REPORTED THAT 4.25 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN EDINA BETWEEN 730
AM AND 1 PM.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...EDINA...
COLONY...EWING...KNOX CITY...LA BELLE...LEWISTOWN...PLEVNA AND
STEFFENVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4026 9194 4025 9161 3995 9161 3994 9179
3996 9219 4030 9219 4031 9195
$$
TRUETT194
WGUS73 KLSX 252001
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
301 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014
MOC103-111-252013-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140725T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KNOX MO-LEWIS MO-
301 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR LEWIS AND EASTERN
KNOX COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 300 PM CDT...
RAINFALL OVER THE REGION ENDED SHORTLY AFTER MIDDAY...AND EXCESS
RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA.
SOME COUNTY ROADS WERE REPORTED DAMAGED DUE TO FLOODING NEAR
LEWISTOWN. MOTORISTS IN THIS AREA ARE REMINDED TO USE CAUTION AND
OBEY ALL ROAD CLOSURE SIGNS...AND BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ADDITIONAL
ROAD DAMAGE IN THOSE AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING.
LAT...LON 4026 9194 4025 9161 3995 9161 3994 9179
3996 9219 4030 9219 4031 9195
$$
TRUETTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 11:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Monroe | 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.