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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 2014, 11:57 PM CDT for Fayette County, Illinois. It was in force for 8 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
- Sep 1, 2014, 11:57 PM CDT (04:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2014, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Fayette County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:59 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1331 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
138
WGUS53 KLSX 020457
FFWLSX
ILC051-021300-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0021.140902T0457Z-140902T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1157 PM CDT MON SEP 1 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 800 AM CDT TUESDAY
* AT 1155 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALLS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE
OCCURRED LATE THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
VANDALIA...BROWNSTOWN...FARINA...RAMSEY...SHOBONIER...ST. ELMO AND
WRIGHTS CORNER.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES RAMSEY LAKE STATE PARK.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 70 IN ILLINOIS FROM EXIT 61 TO EXIT 76.
INTERSTATE 57 NEAR EXIT 135.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3882 8874 3883 8913 3874 8914 3874 8925
3922 8925 3922 8881 3892 8880 3891 8869
3883 8869
$$
TRUETT1 follow-up statement
929
WGUS73 KLSX 020745
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
245 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2014
ILC051-021300-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140902T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FAYETTE IL-
245 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAYETTE COUNTY UNTIL 800
AM CDT...
AT 239 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH POCKETS OF MODERATE RAINFALL
ACROSS FAYETTE COUNTY. THIS MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER ONE-HALF INCH OF
RAIN OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...ADDING TO THE 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN
THAT FELL OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY MONDAY EVENING.
SEVERAL STREAM GAGES IN FAYETTE COUNTY...INCLUDING HICKORY CREEK AT
BLUFF CITY AND HURRICANE CREEK AT MULBERRY GROVE...ARE RISING
RAPIDLY AND SHOULD PUSH ABOVE FLOOD STAGE SHORTLY. ITS ALSO
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
CONTINUE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE RAIN
COMES TO AN END.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING
INCLUDE...VANDALIA...BROWNSTOWN...FARINA...RAMSEY...SHOBONIER...ST.
ELMO AND WRIGHTS CORNER.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES RAMSEY LAKE STATE PARK.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 70 IN ILLINOIS FROM EXIT 61 TO EXIT 76.
INTERSTATE 57 NEAR EXIT 135.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3882 8874 3883 8913 3874 8914 3874 8925
3922 8925 3922 8881 3892 8880 3891 8869
3883 8869
$$
TRUETTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 46 min |
| Sep 1, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Jersey, Macoupin, Madison | 49 min |
| Sep 1, 11:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 23 min |
| Sep 1, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 25 min |
| Sep 2, 7:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Fayette | 8 hr |
Nearby
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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.