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Areal Flood Warning 27, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 26, 2015Cole County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this areal flood warning at Jun 26, 2015, 9:58 AM CDT for Cole County, Missouri. It was in force for 10 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 26, 2015, 9:58 AM CDT (14:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2015, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Cole County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:59 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 223 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2015-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 43 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2015-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -73 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-214 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
974 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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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 26, 7:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 7:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 5:03 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
503 AM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-271015-
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-
503 AM CDT FRI JUN 26 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY
WHICH MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

THE MIDDLE FABIUS RIVER AT EWING AND POINTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS
RIVER ARE CURRENTLY IN MAJOR FLOOD STAGE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

POINTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
EXCEED MAJOR FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL MAJOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST ALONG THE NORTH AND MIDDLE FABIUS RIVERS AS
WELL AS THE CUIVRE RIVERS BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
AT SAVERTON AND GRAFTON IS EXPECTED TO REACH MAJOR FLOOD STAGE
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS SUNDAY AND CONTINUES THROUGH
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AND ANY FLOODING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

BRITT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 8:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 26, 8:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 26, 9:06 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 26, 9:19 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 26, 9:20 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 26, 9:56 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
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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 CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXKnox, Shelby12 hr
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, 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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Areal Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2015Every areal 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.