Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS St. Louis, MO

Issued

Oct 2, 2014, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)

Expired

Oct 2, 2014, 11:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS St. Louis, MO

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Calhoun County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Lincoln County, MO

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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589 
WGUS53 KLSX 022156
FFWLSX
ILC013-061-083-117-135-MOC113-030400-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0028.141002T2156Z-141003T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
456 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
  JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
  LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
  NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS 
  INDICATED THAT ANOTHER WAVE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PASSING
  THROUGH THE BI-STATE AREA THIS EVENING.  THESE STORMS WILL
  BRING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TO AREAS BETWEEN TROY MISSOURI
  AND RAYMOND ILLINOIS THAT RECEIVED BETWEEN 3 AND 7 INCHES OF RAIN
  LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING.  THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL
  AGGREVATE ONGOING FLOODING AND INCREASE ALREADY HIGH WATER
  LEVELS.     

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CARLINVILLE...ELSBERRY...GILLESPIE...JERSEYVILLE...TROY...VIRDEN...
  BRIGHTON...BUNKER HILL...CARROLLTON...DAVIS...FARMERSVILLE...
  GIRARD...GRAFTON...GREENFIELD...HARDIN...HAWK POINT...KEMPER...
  MOSCOW MILLS...OLD KANE...PALMYRA...RAYMOND...SHIPMAN...WHITE OAK
  AND WINFIELD.

ADDITIONAL RAINS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE 
EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.  

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BEAVER DAM STATE PARK...CUIVRE RIVER STATE
PARK...LAKE LOU YAEGER AND PERE MARQUETTE STATE PARK.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 55 IN ILLINOIS FROM EXIT 52 TO EXIT 63.

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 3901 9002 3901 9022 3887 9101 3887 9110
      3893 9111 3893 9119 3899 9119 3900 9127
      3914 9126 3914 9118 3922 9118 3922 9072
      3953 8995 3953 8954 3936 8953 3935 8933

$$

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894 
WGUS73 KLSX 022341
FFSLSX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
641 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

ILC013-061-083-117-135-MOC113-030400-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-141003T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JERSEY IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-CALHOUN IL-GREENE IL-LINCOLN MO-
641 PM CDT THU OCT 2 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LINCOLN...SOUTHERN
GREENE...CALHOUN...NORTHERN MONTGOMERY...MACOUPIN AND JERSEY COUNTIES
UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

ALTHOUGH RAINFALL ACROSS THE BI-STATE AREA HAS BEEN FAIRLY LIGHT 
SINCE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS WITH POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN 
WILL BE RETURNING TO THE WARNING AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  

RAINFALLS OF AN INCH...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED 
TO FALL OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN 3 AND 7 INCHES 
OF RAIN.   THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL...AND THE AREAS THAT WILL 
HAVE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING...EXTENDS FROM NEAR 
TROY MISSOURI...THROUGH JERSEYVILL AND CARLINVILLE...TO NEAR 
RAYMOND.

SOME ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING 
INCLUDE...ELSBERRY...GILLESPIE...VIRDEN...BRIGHTON...CARROLLTON...
DAVIS...FARMERSVILLE...GIRARD...GREEN FIELD...HARDIN...HAWK 
POINT...KEMPER...MOSCOW MILLS...OLD KANE...PALMYRA...
SHIPMAN...WHITE OAK AND WINFIELD.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES BEAVER DAM STATE PARK...CUIVRE RIVER STATE 
PARK...LAKE LOU YAEGER AND PERE MARQUETTE STATE PARK.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 55 IN ILLINOIS FROM EXIT 60 TO EXIT 63.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3901 9002 3901 9022 3887 9101 3887 9110
      3893 9111 3893 9119 3899 9119 3900 9127
      3914 9126 3914 9118 3922 9118 3922 9072
      3953 8995 3953 8954 3936 8953 3935 8933

$$

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