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Flash Flood Warning 62, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2015, 7:59 AM CDT for Greene County, Jersey County, Macoupin County, Illinois. 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
- Jul 19, 2015, 7:59 AM CDT (12:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2015, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:01 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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 431 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1078 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
459
WGUS53 KLSX 191259
FFWLSX
ILC061-083-117-191845-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0062.150719T1259Z-150719T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
759 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 145 PM CDT
* AT 751 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN GREEN COUNTY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 67 IN
WHITE HALL AND ROODHOUSE. ADDITIONALLY...A LEVEE IN HILLVIEW HAS
BEEN BREACHED AND FLOODING IS BEING REPORTED IN HILLVIEW. RADAR
ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES HAS OCCURRED IN A
BAND FROM NEAR ROODHOUSE SOUTHEAST TO HETTICK WITH LESSER AMOUNTS
TO EITHER SIDE OF THE BAND.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CARLINVILLE...GILLESPIE...WHITE HALL...CARROLLTON...MOUNT OLIVE...
ROODHOUSE...BENLD...GREENFIELD...PALMYRA...SHIPMAN...WILSONVILLE...
ATHENSVILLE...SAWYERVILLE...MOUNT CLARE...EAST GILLESPIE...
EAGARVILLE...OLD KANE...KEMPER...PATTERSON AND KANE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 IN ILLINOIS NEAR EXIT 44.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES BEAVER DAM STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. NEVER DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
THE ROAD BED MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY FLOOD WATERS AND MAY BE MUCH
DEEPER THAN YOU EXPECT.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3952 9007 3941 8970 3901 8970 3914 9015
3918 9052 3926 9060 3937 9062 3945 9061
3952 9058
$$
CARNEY1 follow-up statement
490
WGUS73 KLSX 191742
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1242 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015
ILC061-083-117-191845-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0062.000000T0000Z-150719T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-JERSEY IL-
1242 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR
GREENE...MACOUPIN AND NORTHERN JERSEY COUNTIES...
AT 1233 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING BACK INTO THE AREA FOR THE EARLY AFTERNOON
HOURS. WHILE THIS RAINFALL WILL NOT LIKELY ENHANCE ANY FLOODING, IT
MAY KEEP WATER LEVELS HIGH INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALLS OF LESS THAN ONE-HALF INCH ARE ANTICIPATED
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THIS WILL BE IN ADDITION TO THE 4 PLUS
INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA EARLY THIS
MORNING.
RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATE THAT THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL 6 TO 7 INCHES...AND POSSIBLY A BIT MORE...FELL BETWEEN
ROODHOUSE AND HETTICK.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CARLINVILLE...GILLESPIE...WHITE HALL...CARROLLTON...MOUNT OLIVE...
ROODHOUSE...BENLD...GREENFIELD...PALMYRA...SHIPMAN...WILSONVILLE...
ATHENSVILLE...SAWYERVILLE...MOUNT CLARE...EAST GILLESPIE...
EAGARVILLE...OLD KANE...KEMPER...PATTERSON AND KANE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 IN ILLINOIS NEAR EXIT 44.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES BEAVER DAM STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3952 9007 3941 8970 3901 8970 3914 9015
3918 9052 3926 9060 3937 9062 3945 9061
3952 9058
$$
TRUETTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 1:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Greene, Macoupin | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 3:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Montgomery | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 9:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Brown, Pike | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 10:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Montgomery | 5 hr |
| Jul 19, 11:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Pike | 5 hr |
| Jul 19, 12:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 25 hr |
| Jul 19, 1:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey | 5 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Greene, Jersey and 6 more | 20 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Greene | 24 hr |
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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.