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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2015, 7:03 AM CDT for Knox County, Lewis County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr. 3 reports 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, 7:03 AM CDT (12:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:04 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, 8:28 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.02 | Steffenville, MO | 24 HOUR REPORT... TAKEN AT 7AM |
| Jun 25, 9:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Nw Edina, MO | LEVEE BREECH ALONG HIGHWAY P NEAR RAIL ROAD TRACKS. WATER FLOODED OUT AND MADE IT TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF EDINA. |
| Jun 25, 9:45 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Edina, MO | WATER FROM A LEVEE BREECH CAUSED FLASH FLOODING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN. SEVEN BUSINESSES WERE FLOODED AS WELL AS OTHER STRUCTURES AND ROADS. |
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 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
309
WGUS53 KLSX 251203
FFWLSX
MOC103-111-251600-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0029.150625T1203Z-150625T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
703 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
KNOX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
* AT 659 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HIGHWAYS 15 AND 156 IN KNOX
COUNTY WERE REPORTED CLOSED WITH WATER OVER THE ROAD. HEAVY
HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES WAS ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER
RADAR IN WESTERN LEWIS COUNTY...AND IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES IN KNOX
COUNTY. WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY
RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED
AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...CANTON...
EDINA...COLONY...EWING...GREENSBURG...KNOX CITY...LA BELLE...LA
GRANGE...LEWISTOWN...MAYWOOD...PLEVNA AND STEFFENVILLE.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES WAKONDA STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4031 9195 4026 9194 4025 9150 4004 9150
3995 9144 3995 9234 4012 9236 4030 9234
$$
CARNEYThe 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, 2:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Marion, Shelby | 7 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, 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 |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.