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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 1, 20154 counties in Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2015, 8:55 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 4 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
Jul 1, 2015, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Osage County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 9:00 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.25Lake Mykee, MORAINFALL OVER 35 MINUTES.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 235 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 00:00Z on 2015-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2985 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 00:00Z on 2015-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 240 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2985 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
457 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.7
Supercell composite
27.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

242 
WGUS53 KLSX 020155
FFWLSX
MOC027-051-135-151-020600-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0045.150702T0155Z-150702T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
855 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  MONITEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  WESTERN CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
    
* AT 855 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  JEFFERSON CITY...FULTON...CALIFORNIA...TIPTON...HOLTS SUMMIT...
  WARDSVILLE...ST. MARTINS...TAOS...RUSSELLVILLE...NEW BLOOMFIELD...
  FREEBURG...WESTPHALIA...JAMESTOWN...LAKE MYKEE TOWN...CLARKSBURG...
  CENTERTOWN...ST. THOMAS...LAKE MYKEE...MCGIRK AND BRAZITO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 137 AND 148.
 
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES CLARKS HILL/NORTON HISTORIC SITE AND
JEFFERSON LANDING HISTORIC SITE.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

&&

LAT...LON 3868 9284 3868 9262 3892 9250 3883 9244
      3881 9238 3876 9241 3871 9234 3868 9236
      3865 9222 3870 9223 3881 9213 3890 9217
      3906 9213 3906 9192 3830 9188 3831 9195
      3834 9241 3843 9241 3843 9262 3857 9281

$$

TES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 7:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis4 hr
Jul 1, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis37 min
Jul 1, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBoone, Callaway32 min
Jul 1, 7:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXBoone4 hr
Jul 1, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage50 min
Jul 1, 8:47 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCole, Moniteau28 min
Jul 1, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCole, Moniteau, Osage47 min
Jul 1, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson42 min
Jul 1, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois44 min
Jul 1, 10:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXJefferson5 hr
Jul 1, 10:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXCrawford, Washington4 days
Jul 1, 10:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Osage6 hr
Jul 1, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford18 min
Jul 1, 11:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCrawford, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington6 hr
Jul 1, 11:58 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXBoone9 hr
Jul 2, 12:58 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXCallaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage9 hr
Jul 2, 2:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXIron, Madison, Reynolds6 hr
Jul 2, 3:20 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Osage9 hr
Jul 2, 4:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXCole55 hr
Jul 2, 5:29 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXCrawford, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington9 hr
Jul 2, 6:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXJefferson46 hr
Jul 2, 8:59 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXBoone12 hr
Jul 2, 10:01 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXCole, Moniteau, Osage12 hr
Jul 2, 12:06 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXJefferson24 hr
Jul 2, 12:10 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXFranklin6 hr
Jul 2, 12:12 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXOsage24 hr
Jul 2, 4:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.