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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2015, 2:39 AM CDT for Marion County, Shelby County, Missouri. It was in force for 7 hr. 1 report 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 25, 2015, 2:39 AM CDT (07:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2015, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Marion County, MO, Shelby County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:26 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.28 | Hannibal, MO | 24 HOUR REPORT... TAKEN AT 720AM |
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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
376
WGUS53 KLSX 250739
FFWLSX
MOC127-205-251430-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0028.150625T0739Z-150625T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
239 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 930 AM CDT
* AT 237 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HANNIBAL...PALMYRA...EMDEN...PHILADELPHIA...SHELBYVILLE AND WARREN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
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.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST
LOUIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3995 9144 3992 9142 3989 9145 3985 9144
3980 9137 3973 9137 3969 9131 3969 9171
3966 9171 3966 9185 3979 9230 3995 9230
$$
MILLER1 follow-up statement
632
WGUS73 KLSX 251046
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
546 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015
MOC127-205-251430-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-150625T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARION MO-SHELBY MO-
546 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SHELBY AND MARION
COUNTIES UNTIL 930 AM CDT...
RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS
INDICATE RAINFALLS IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE OCCURRED OVERNIGHT FROM
JUST SOUTH OF PLEVNA TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF PALMYRA.
RADARS HAVE INDICATED A DECREASE IN THE THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY AND
COVERAGE OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI SINCE 4 AM. HOWEVER...IT STILL
APPEARS THAT SOME LOCATIONS COULD PICK UP ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN EARLY
TODAY.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
HANNIBAL...PALMYRA...EMDEN...PHILADELPHIA...SHELBYVILLE AND WARREN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS WHEN IT MAY BE
DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH 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.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3995 9144 3992 9142 3989 9145 3985 9144
3980 9137 3973 9137 3969 9131 3969 9171
3966 9171 3966 9185 3979 9230 3995 9230
$$
TRUETTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis | 64 min |
| Jun 24, 11:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Audrain, Knox, Lewis, Lincoln, Marion, Monroe and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 25, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis, Marion, Shelby | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 1:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 52 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade and 17 more | 39 hr |
| Jun 25, 7:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis | 4 hr |
| Jun 25, 9:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Monroe | 62 hr |
| Jun 25, 9:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis | 4 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Marion, Shelby | 7 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 3 days |
| Jun 25, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 60 min |
| Jun 25, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 54 min |
| Jun 25, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 19 min |
| Jun 25, 6:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles | 14 hr |
| Jun 25, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 66 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.