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Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 19, 2015Knox County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2015, 2:33 AM CDT for Knox County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 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 19, 2015, 2:33 AM CDT (07:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2015, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Knox County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 199 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:36 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 19, 3:00 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.061 Ene Novelty, MOFROM MISSOURI MESONET SITE. RAIN STARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 120 AM BASED ON RADAR.

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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 216 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2015-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1061 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2015-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
1061 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1393 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

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

713 
WGUS53 KLSX 190733
FFWLSX
MOC103-191330-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0056.150719T0733Z-150719T1330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
233 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  KNOX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 830 AM CDT
    
* AT 233 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  EDINA...KNOX CITY...PLEVNA...HURDLAND...NOVELTY AND NEWARK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 4020 9195 3995 9195 3996 9234 4021 9235

$$

CARNEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 3:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLewis, Marion48 min
Jul 19, 3:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXLewis, Marion, Shelby6 hr
Jul 19, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Monroe, Shelby38 min
Jul 19, 4:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Knox, Lewis, Lincoln and 7 more11 hr
Jul 19, 5:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Warren40 min
Jul 19, 8:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXKnox6 hr
Jul 19, 9:13 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXBoone6 hr
Jul 19, 9:34 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXLewis, Marion, Shelby6 hr
Jul 19, 12:03 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXPike25 hr
Jul 19, 4:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 22 more20 hr
Jul 19, 4:22 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion3 days
Jul 19, 4:40 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau6 days
Jul 19, 4:40 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Warren8 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2015Every flash 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.