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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 10, 2014, 3:15 AM CDT for Lewis County, Shelby County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 7 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
- Sep 10, 2014, 3:15 AM CDT (08:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2014, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lewis County, MO, Shelby County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 3:45 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 7.1 | Lewistown, MO | 4.70 INCHES BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 0330 LOCAL TIME...STILL RAINING |
| Sep 10, 5:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lewistown, MO | COUNTY EM STATES THAT MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED THRUGHOUT THE COUNTY...TOO MANY TO LIST |
| Sep 10, 5:56 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 8.1 | Lewistown, MO | RAINFALL SINCE TUESDAY EVENING |
| Sep 10, 6:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.53 | Canton, MO | STORM TOTAL |
| Sep 10, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.72 | Shelbina, MO | STORM TOTAL |
| Sep 10, 8:32 AM CDT | FLOOD | Monticello, MO | WATER REPORTED OVER THE ROAD IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS ACROSS LEWIS COUNTY...INCLUDING ON HWY E OFF OF HWY 81...HWY 61 NORTH OF CANTON...HWY 16 EAST OF MONTICELLO...AND HWY D SOUTH OF LABELLE |
| Sep 10, 8:47 AM CDT | FLOOD | Shelbyville, MO | MULTIPLE ROAD CLOSURES REPORTED ACROSS SHELBY COUNTY...INCLUDING RT K 1 MILE WEST OF SHELBYVILLE...HWY 151 NORTH OF CLARENCE...RT W...RT J...AND RT N NEAR THE CONSERVATION AREA. WATER WAS REPORTED OVER HWY 168 BETWEEN RT T AND EMDEN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1059 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
117
WGUS53 KLSX 100815
FFWLSX
MOC111-205-101400-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0024.140910T0815Z-140910T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
315 AM CDT WED SEP 10 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 900 AM CDT
* AT 311 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...
WITH ESTIMATES OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CANTON...SHELBINA...CLARENCE...EMDEN...EWING...LA BELLE...LA
GRANGE...LEWISTOWN...MAUD...MAYWOOD...SHELBYVILLE AND STEFFENVILLE.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES WAKONDA STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA AS THE RAIN WITH THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
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 4025 9150 4004 9150 3995 9144 3995 9184
3966 9185 3966 9218 3960 9219 3961 9229
3995 9229 3995 9195 4025 9195
$$
TESThe 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, 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 10, 5:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Ralls, Shelby | 24 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.