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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 24, 2015Scotland County, Missouri

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 25, 12:00 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 Nne Downing, MOTHE 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 CDTFLASH FLOOD10 Sw Memphis, MOREPORTED 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2015-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2015-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

GIBBS
1 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 7:27 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNClark8 days
Jun 24, 9:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNClark7 days
Jun 24, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNScotland64 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015

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.