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Areal Flood Warning 50, NWS St. Louis, MO

November 17, 20158 counties in Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this areal flood warning at Nov 17, 2015, 6:51 PM CST for 8 counties in 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: Nov 17, 2015, 6:51 PM CST (00:51 UTC)
Expired: Nov 18, 2015, 6:45 AM CST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Audrain County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Warren County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 273 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: 709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 545 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 576 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Nov 17, 6:06 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 17, 6:06 PM CST, 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 17, 3:42 PM CST, 3 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
342 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-181200-
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-
342 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE WILL BE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG
AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG
ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THIS EVENING.

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL MIDNIGHT WHERE
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM FOR EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
WHERE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
PLEASE SEE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH PRODUCT FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF
TWO INCHES OR ANY FLOODING...IF OBSERVED...TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

MILLER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 17, 4:42 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
442 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

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

0420 PM     HEAVY RAIN       BELLEVILLE              38.53N  90.00W
11/17/2015  M1.91 INCH       ST. CLAIR          IL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            ON EAST SIDE OF BELLEVILLE. REPORT FROM FOX 2.

0420 PM     HEAVY RAIN       NEW HAVEN               38.61N  91.22W
11/17/2015  M5.00 INCH       FRANKLIN           MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

            FROM FOX 2

0420 PM     HEAVY RAIN       MARISSA                 38.26N  89.75W
11/17/2015  E1.81 INCH       ST. CLAIR          IL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            FROM FOX 2

&&

TRUETT

Local storm report, Nov 17, 4:49 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
449 PM CST TUE NOV 17 2015

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

0448 PM     HEAVY RAIN       JEFFERSON CITY          38.57N  92.19W
11/17/2015  M6.00 INCH       COLE               MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM TOTAL SO FAR SINCE YESTERDAY MORNING. STILL
            RAINING.

&&

DYE

Local storm report, Nov 17, 6:08 PM CST, 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 17, 6:16 PM CST, 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 17, 6:19 PM CST, 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 17, 6:48 PM CST, 3 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 17, 7:59 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Franklin, Iron, Jefferson, Madison, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois and 1 more	12 hr
Nov 17, 9:42 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade and 5 more	12 hr
Nov 17, 10:57 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Audrain, Monroe	9 hr
Nov 17, 11:13 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Iron, Reynolds	9 hr
Nov 18, 5:36 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Osage	28 hr
Nov 18, 10:16 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Crawford	51 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2015 Every 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.