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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 3, 20145 counties in Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 3, 2014, 1:43 PM CDT for 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 8 hr. 5 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: Apr 3, 2014, 1:43 PM CDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2014, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 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
Apr 3, 1:51 PM CDT	FLOOD	Sullivan, MO	LOCAL STREET FLOODING IN SULLIVAN.
Apr 3, 1:55 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 2	De Soto, MO	IN DESOTO MISSOURI 3 TO 4 INCHES OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IN DESOTO. DITCHES ARE BANKFUL.
Apr 3, 2:02 PM CDT	FLOOD	Sullivan, MO	AT THE INTERSECTION OF DEER PATH AND ELMONT THIS ROAD IS WASHED AWAY. ESTIMATED 4 INCHES OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IN SULLIVAN MO. SEVERAL ROADS ARE BEING CLOSED.
Apr 3, 2:53 PM CDT	FLOOD	10 Se Sullivan, MO	HIGHWAY 185 IN NORTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. THE HIGHWAY IS CLOSED BETWEEN PEA RIDGE TO CASEYVILLE.
Apr 3, 4:08 PM CDT	FLOOD	Robertsville, MO	APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES OF WATER RUNNING OVER OAK RIDGE ROAD ABOUT ONE QUARTER MILE EAST OF CALVEY CREEK

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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 286 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 440 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 259 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 365 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

972 
WGUS53 KLSX 031843
FFWLSX
MOC055-071-073-099-221-040230-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0004.140403T1843Z-140404T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
143 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  GASCONADE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 142 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT THE STORMS ARE PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCH RAIN
  IN A HOUR...AND THIS IS FALLING ON TOP OF GROUND THAT WAS
  SATURATED BY HEAVY RAINS OF YESTERDAY AND THIS MORNING.   

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ANTHONIES MILL...ANTONIA...ARNOLD...BARNHART...BOURBON...BYRNES
  MILL...CEDAR HILL...CRYSTAL CITY...CUBA...DE SOTO...FESTUS...GRAY
  SUMMIT...HERCULANEUM...HERMANN...HIGH RIDGE...HILLSBORO...MURPHY...
  NEW HAVEN...OWENSVILLE...PACIFIC...PEVELY...ST. CLAIR...
  STEELVILLE...SULLIVAN...UNION...VILLA RIDGE...WASHINGTON...
  BEAUFORT...BLAND AND DITTMER.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES DEUTSCHHEIM HISTORIC SITE...GOV. DUNKLIN'S
GRAVE HISTORIC SITE...MASTODON HISTORIC SITE...MERAMEC STATE PARK...
ONONDAGA CAVE STATE PARK...ROBERTSVILLE STATE PARK...SANDY CREEK
COVERED BRIDGE HISTORIC SITE AND WASHINGTON STATE PARK.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 44 FROM EXIT 203 TO EXIT 257.
INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSOURI FROM EXIT 170 TO EXIT 191.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3821 9153 3815 9154 3816 9164 3870 9164
      3871 9131 3862 9122 3861 9105 3854 9094
      3863 9074 3845 9068 3849 9065 3850 9041
      3845 9041 3846 9034 3824 9037 3811 9026
      3801 9063 3807 9064 3788 9104 3788 9152

$$

TRUETT

2 follow-up statements

533 
WGUS73 KLSX 032002
FFSLSX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
302 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

MOC055-071-073-099-221-040230-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140404T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD MO-FRANKLIN MO-GASCONADE MO-JEFFERSON MO-WASHINGTON MO-
302 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WASHINGTON...
JEFFERSON...GASCONADE...FRANKLIN AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM
CDT...

AT 257 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS TEMPORARILY PUSHED EAST OF THE 
WARNING AREA.  HOWEVER...THE HEAVY RAINS OF EARLIER TODAY ARE 
PRODUCING FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE AREA. IN NORTHWEST WASHINGTON 
COUNTY JUST SOUTHEAST OF SULLIVAN...HIGHWAY 185 HAS BEEN CLOSED BY 
THE MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL DUE TO FLOODING. NUMEROUS ROADS ALSO 
HAVE STANDING WATER IN THE SULLIVAN AREA.

WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS TEMPORARILY LET UP...ADDITIONAL STORMS WITH 
HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS 
EVENING.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING 
INCLUDE...ANTHONIES MILL...ANTONIA...ARNOLD...
ARNHART...BOURBON...BYRNES MILL...CEDAR HILL...CRYSTAL CITY...
CUBA...DE SOTO...FESTUS...GRAY SUMMIT...HERCULANEUM...HERMANN...HIGH 
RIDGE...HILLSBORO...MURPHY...NEW HAVEN...
OWENSVILLE...PACIFIC...PEVELY...ST. CLAIR...
STEELVILLE...SULLIVAN...UNION...VILLA 
RIDGE...WASHINGTON...BEAUFORT...BLAND AND DITTMER.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES GOV. DUNKLIN'S GRAVE HISTORIC SITE...MASTODON
HISTORIC SITE...MERAMEC STATE PARK...ONONDAGA CAVE STATE PARK...
ROBERTSVILLE STATE PARK...SANDY CREEK COVERED BRIDGE HISTORIC SITE
AND WASHINGTON STATE PARK.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 44 FROM EXIT 203 TO EXIT 257.
INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSOURI FROM EXIT 170 TO EXIT 191.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3821 9153 3815 9154 3816 9164 3870 9164
      3871 9131 3862 9122 3861 9105 3854 9094
      3863 9074 3845 9068 3849 9065 3850 9041
      3845 9041 3846 9034 3824 9037 3811 9026
      3801 9063 3807 9064 3788 9104 3788 9152

$$

TRUETT

114 
WGUS73 KLSX 040058
FFSLSX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
758 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

MOC055-071-073-099-221-040230-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140404T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD MO-FRANKLIN MO-GASCONADE MO-JEFFERSON MO-WASHINGTON MO-
758 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WASHINGTON...
JEFFERSON...GASCONADE...FRANKLIN AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM
CDT...

AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO PARTS OF 
EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI.  ISOLATED RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE 
POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...FALLING ON THE ALREADY SATURATED 
GROUND.  FLOODING WAS REPORTED THIS AFTERNOON NEAR THE SULLIVAN AREA 
AS WELL AS OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...AND THIS 
EVENINGS RAIN WILL MAKE ADDITIONAL FLOODING LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA.   

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ANTHONIES MILL...ANTONIA...ARNOLD...BARNHART...BOURBON...BYRNES
MILL...CEDAR HILL...CRYSTAL CITY...CUBA...DE SOTO...FESTUS...GRAY
SUMMIT...HERCULANEUM...HERMANN...HIGH RIDGE...HILLSBORO...MURPHY...
NEW HAVEN...OWENSVILLE...PACIFIC...PEVELY...ST. CLAIR...STEELVILLE...
SULLIVAN...UNION...VILLA RIDGE...WASHINGTON...BEAUFORT...BLAND AND
DITTMER.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES GOV. DUNKLIN'S GRAVE HISTORIC SITE...MASTODON
HISTORIC SITE...MERAMEC STATE PARK...ONONDAGA CAVE STATE PARK...
ROBERTSVILLE STATE PARK...SANDY CREEK COVERED BRIDGE HISTORIC SITE
AND WASHINGTON STATE PARK.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 44 FROM EXIT 203 TO EXIT 257.
INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSOURI FROM EXIT 170 TO EXIT 191.

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.

IN HILLY TERRAIN...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH
ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW
INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3821 9153 3815 9154 3816 9164 3870 9164
      3871 9131 3862 9122 3861 9105 3854 9094
      3863 9074 3845 9068 3849 9065 3850 9041
      3845 9041 3846 9034 3824 9037 3811 9026
      3801 9063 3807 9064 3788 9104 3788 9152

$$

TRUETT

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 8:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Lincoln	60 hr
Apr 3, 2:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Boone, Moniteau	3 hr
Apr 3, 3:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau	6 hr
Apr 3, 4:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Gasconade, Osage	6 hr
Apr 3, 5:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Louis	40 min
Apr 3, 5:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	City of Saint Louis	56 min
Apr 3, 5:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LSX	Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis	37 min
Apr 3, 6:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Cole	64 hr
Apr 3, 8:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington	3 hr
Apr 3, 8:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Osage	30 hr
Apr 3, 8:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Monroe	4 days
Apr 3, 9:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Boone, Callaway	49 min
Apr 3, 9:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau	3 hr
Apr 3, 12:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Louis	42 min
Apr 3, 1:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Boone, Moniteau	24 hr
Apr 3, 1:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin	36 min
Apr 3, 1:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis	43 min
Apr 3, 1:54 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Marion	42 hr
Apr 3, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Cole, Moniteau	49 min
Apr 3, 2:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage	8 hr
Apr 3, 3:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Jefferson	4 days
Apr 3, 3:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Franklin	71 hr
Apr 3, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Cole, Osage	38 min
Apr 3, 5:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Cole, Osage	27 min
Apr 3, 6:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Franklin, Gasconade, Osage	24 min
Apr 3, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin, Gasconade, Saint Charles, Warren	44 min
Apr 3, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Knox, Lewis	41 min
Apr 3, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Shelby	39 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2014 Every flash flood warning in 2014

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.