Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2015, 2:32 PM CDT for Sainte Genevieve County, Saint Francois County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2015, 2:32 PM CDT (19:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2015, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 289 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 938 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
003
WGUS53 KLSX 191932
FFWLSX
MOC186-187-200130-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0020.150619T1932Z-150620T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
232 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 231 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS RAIN IS
FALLING ON SATURATED GROUND AND WILL RAPIDLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BONNE
TERRE...DESLOGE...FARMINGTON...LEADWOOD...STE. GENEVIEVE...
BLOOMSDALE...COFFMAN...KNOB LICK...PARK HILLS...ROCKY RIDGE...
WEINGARTEN AND WOMAC.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3784 9065 3798 9064 3802 9054 3804 9042
3809 9034 3809 9029 3811 9026 3800 9007
3789 8996 3788 8995 3765 9015 3764 9055
$$
BROWNING1 follow-up statement
140
WGUS73 KLSX 200137
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
837 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015
MOC186-187-200151-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150620T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STE. GENEVIEVE MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-
837 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR ST. FRANCOIS AND
STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...AND HAS BEEN
REPLACED WITH AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING.
THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED HOWEVER FLOODING WAS STILL
OCCURRING. PLEASE REPORT FLOODED ROADS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3784 9065 3798 9064 3802 9054 3804 9042
3809 9034 3809 9029 3811 9026 3800 9007
3789 8996 3788 8995 3765 9015 3764 9055
$$
KANOFSKYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 10:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 42 hr |
| Jun 18, 11:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Warren | 8 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Warren | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 7:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 7:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 9:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford | 10 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Osage | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Osage | 12 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Washington | 11 hr |
Nearby
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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.