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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2015, 11:30 PM CDT for Scotland County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 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
- Jun 24, 2015, 11:30 PM CDT (04:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2015, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Scotland County, MO
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 12:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nne Downing, MO | THE SPOTTER ESTIMATED THAT THE NORTH FABIUS CREEK WAS OUT OF ITS BANK FOR ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE. REPORT WAS DEYALED AND TIME WAS ESTIMATED USING RADAR. |
| Jun 25, 4:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 10 Sw Memphis, MO | REPORTED THAT 3 ROADS WERE CLOSED...COUNTY D WEST OF HIGHWAY D...COUNTY ROAD MM AND THE CANAL BRIDGE. REPORT WAS DELAYED. |
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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -609 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1258 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 637 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
367
WGUS53 KDVN 250430
FFWDVN
MOC199-251030-
/O.NEW.KDVN.FF.W.0013.150625T0430Z-150625T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1130 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SCOTLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 530 AM CDT THURSDAY
* AT 1129 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MEMPHIS...RUTLEDGE...SOUTH GORIN...GRANGER...GREENSBURG...
CRAWFORD...ARBELA...AZEN...MEMPHIS MEMORIAL AIRPORT...BIBLE
GROVE...PROSPECT GROVE...ETNA...KILWINNING...INDIAN HILLS
CONSERVATION AREA...SPILLMAN MOUND...HITT...SAND HILL AND BROCK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4059 9235 4061 9194 4030 9195 4030 9235
$$
GIBBS1 follow-up statement
358 WGUS73 KDVN 251026 FFSDVN FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 526 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015 MOC199-251034- /O.EXP.KDVN.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150625T1030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SCOTLAND MO- 526 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SCOTLAND COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 530 AM CDT... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. RAINS ARE CONTINUING TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 4059 9235 4061 9194 4030 9195 4030 9235 $$ NICHOLS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Clark | 8 days |
| Jun 24, 9:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Clark | 7 days |
| Jun 24, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scotland | 64 min |
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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.