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Areal Flood Warning 22, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 25, 2015Knox County, Shelby County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this areal flood warning at Jun 25, 2015, 8:20 PM CDT for Knox County, Shelby County, Missouri. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2015, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2015, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Knox County, MO, Shelby County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 229 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 2015-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 304 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2015-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
304 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
844 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.6

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Jun 25, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
645 PM CDT Thu Jun 25 2015

.SHORT TERM: (Tonight through Friday)
Issued at 343 PM CDT Thu Jun 25 2015

Frontal boundary is across northern portions of forecast area as
of 20z and will continue to drift to the south across the region.
With CAPES in excess of 4000 J/kg, no cap, high lapse rates,
decent convergence along boundary and PWs in excess of 2 inches,
will begin to see storms fire up over the next couple of hours.
This initial batch will slide east through forecast area, then
models still showing MCS development over eastern KS/western MO
and slide along boundary into central MO after 06z Friday, then
across rest of forecast area through Friday afternoon. All of
these storms are expected to be heavy rain producers, so kept
flash flood watch going for central and northeast MO as well as
west central IL. Did add another row of counties from Greene Co.
IL to Gasconade Co. MO and extended the whole watch to 00z
Saturday. Anywhere from 1 to 4 inches of rain can be expected in
the watch area, with locally higher amounts possible. Even over
rest of area not in flash flood watch, could see an inch or two of
rainfall over the next 24 hours. As for severe chances, with
decent instability, and lapse rates, could see severe storms
develop with main threats being large hail and damaging winds.
Lows tonight will be in the upper 60s to low 70s and highs on
Friday will range from the low 70s far north to the mid 80s far south.

Byrd

.LONG TERM:  (Friday Night through Next Thursday)
Issued at 343 PM CDT Thu Jun 25 2015

Precipitation is still expected to taper off Friday night and
will see cooler and drier weather for the weekend. Next chance for
rain will be Sunday night through Thursday with several rounds
expected once again on active northwest flow aloft. Highs during
the weekend will be in the mid 70s to low 80s, then moderate a bit
through the rest of the work week.

Byrd

&&

.AVIATION:  (For the 00z TAFs through 00z Friday Evening)
Issued at 640 PM CDT Thu Jun 25 2015

Complex of showers and thunderstorms will affect the metro TAF
sites over the next few hours with heavy rain accompanied by IFR
visbilities possible along with gusty northwest winds. KUIN is
likely to stay just north of most activity while KCOU will also
likely have a period of storms this evening. Still anticipating
some break late this evening/early overnight period before an
organized bout of showers/storms associated with an MCS moves
roughly along I-70. MVFR ceilings and even visibilities are likely
behind this system into Friday afternoon along with a wind shift
to the northwest.

Specifics for KSTL:

Complex of showers and thunderstorms will affect the metro TAF
sites over the next few hours with heavy rain accompanied by IFR
visbilities possible along with gusty northwest winds. Still
anticipating some break late this evening/early overnight period
before an organized bout of showers/storms associated with an MCS
moves roughly along I-70 and affect KSTL Friday morning. Lingering
showers with embedded thunder likely into early Friday afternoon.
MVFR ceilings and even visibilities are also likely behind this
system into Friday afternoon along with a wind shift to the
northwest.

Gosselin

&&

.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES:
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH through Friday evening FOR Audrain MO-Boone MO-
     Callaway MO-Cole MO-Gasconade MO-Knox MO-Lewis MO-Lincoln
     MO-Marion MO-Moniteau MO-Monroe MO-Montgomery MO-Osage MO-
     Pike MO-Ralls MO-Shelby MO-Warren MO.

IL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH through Friday evening FOR Adams IL-Brown IL-
     Calhoun IL-Greene IL-Pike IL.

&&

WFO LSX
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 3:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
357 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-261115-
GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-
MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-
CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-KNOX MO-
LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO-MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-PIKE MO-BOONE MO-
AUDRAIN MO-MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO-
LINCOLN MO-GASCONADE MO-WARREN MO-ST. CHARLES MO-FRANKLIN MO-
ST. LOUIS MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO-JEFFERSON MO-CRAWFORD MO-
WASHINGTON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-IRON MO-
MADISON MO-REYNOLDS MO-
357 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND
CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA
AGAIN TONIGHT. FLASH FLOODING IS A REAL POSSIBILITY AND A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. SOME OF THE STORMS
COULD BE SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.

POINTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER ARE CURRENTLY IN MAJOR FLOOD
STAGE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

POINTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
EXCEED MAJOR FLOOD STAGE THROUGH TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL MAJOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST ALONG THE NORTH AND MIDDLE FABIUS RIVERS BY
FRIDAY MORNING.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO BE LIKELY FRIDAY AND
POSSIBLY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR PARTS OF THE AREA INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONALLY...SOME
OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

BYRD

In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 8:17 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
817 PM CDT THU JUN 25 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0815 PM     FLASH FLOOD      WINFIELD                39.00N  90.74W
06/25/2015                   LINCOLN            MO   PUBLIC

            WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH FLOWING ACROSS ARGENTVILLE ROAD
            NORTHWEST OF WINFIELD...REPORT BASED ON PICTURE FROM
            SOCIAL MEDIA

&&

MILLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCity of Saint Louis55 min
Jun 25, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMonroe, Shelby51 min
Jun 25, 7:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike and 1 more12 hr
Jun 25, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Saint Charles29 min
Jun 25, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Monroe, Ralls52 min
Jun 25, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAudrain, Monroe, Ralls30 min
Jun 25, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Pike28 min
Jun 25, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Warren40 min
Jun 25, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Saint Charles, Warren39 min
Jun 25, 8:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau8 days
Jun 25, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren42 min
Jun 26, 12:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMoniteau8 hr
Jun 26, 2:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCole8 hr
Jun 26, 3:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXCole66 hr
Jun 26, 3:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXOsage7 hr
Jun 26, 5:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXOsage50 hr
Jun 26, 6:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis6 hr
Jun 26, 7:30 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Saint Charles and 1 more12 hr
Jun 26, 7:43 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXKnox, Shelby12 hr
Jun 26, 8:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXKnox6 hr
Jun 26, 8:53 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXMoniteau11 hr
Jun 26, 9:58 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXCole10 hr
Jun 26, 10:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXLewis, Marion6 hr
Jun 26, 3:55 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXLewis, Marion6 hr
Jun 26, 5:28 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXKnox, Lewis, Marion, Shelby24 hr
Jun 25, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery48 min
Jun 25, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Clair19 min
Jun 25, 9:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXPike10 hr
Jun 25, 10:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMarion10 hr
Jun 26, 7:54 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXMarion36 hr
Jun 26, 11:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAdams, Brown6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.