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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2015, 9:47 AM CDT for Brown County, Pike 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, 9:47 AM CDT (14:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2015, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Brown County, IL, Pike County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:51 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 202 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.
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WGUS53 KLSX 191447
FFWLSX
ILC009-149-192045-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0064.150719T1447Z-150719T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
947 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
* AT 945 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. THE PIKE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
REPORTED THAT COUNTY ROAD 2 NEAR NEW SALEM HAD WASHED OUT.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GRIGGSVILLE...LA GRANGE...VERSAILLES...PERRY...BAYLIS...
CHAMBERSBURG...NEW SALEM...VALLEY CITY AND FISHHOOK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN EXITS 31 AND 35.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. MOST
FLASH FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN.
FIND ANOTHER ROUTE TO YOUR DESTINATION IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED
ROADS.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3997 9053 3990 9055 3989 9058 3988 9058
3982 9057 3979 9060 3976 9061 3971 9065
3969 9065 3965 9062 3967 9093 3976 9094
3976 9091 3989 9091
$$
CARNEY1 follow-up statement
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WGUS73 KLSX 192046
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
346 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015
ILC009-149-192055-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-150719T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIKE IL-BROWN IL-
346 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PIKE AND SOUTHERN BROWN
COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS HAS EXPIRED...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3997 9053 3990 9055 3989 9058 3988 9058
3982 9057 3979 9060 3976 9061 3971 9065
3969 9065 3965 9062 3967 9093 3976 9094
3976 9091 3989 9091
$$
BYRDThe 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, 7:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Greene, Jersey, Macoupin | 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.