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Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 25, 2015Moniteau County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2015, 4:31 AM CDT for Moniteau County, Missouri. 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 25, 2015, 4:31 AM CDT (09:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2015, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Moniteau County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:32 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 223 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 2015-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2744 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2015-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2744 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1466 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
7.2

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The text

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

841 
WGUS53 KLSX 250931
FFWLSX
MOC135-251530-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0068.150725T0931Z-150725T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
431 AM CDT SAT JUL 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MONITEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
    
* AT 430 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CALIFORNIA...JAMESTOWN...CLARKSBURG...HIGH POINT...MCGIRK...SANDY
  HOOK...KLIEVER...LATHAM AND ENON.

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 3868 9268 3868 9262 3878 9257 3878 9240
      3876 9241 3874 9239 3843 9249 3843 9262
      3848 9269

$$

KANOFSKY
1 follow-up statement
302 
WGUS73 KLSX 251520
FFSLSX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1020 AM CDT SAT JUL 25 2015

MOC135-251530-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0068.000000T0000Z-150725T1530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONITEAU MO-
1020 AM CDT SAT JUL 25 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MONITEAU COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 AM
CDT...

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 3868 9268 3868 9262 3878 9257 3878 9240
      3876 9241 3874 9239 3843 9249 3843 9262
      3848 9269

$$

BYRD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 2:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXAudrain, Boone, Monroe, Shelby44 min
Jul 25, 4:05 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage48 hr
Jul 25, 4:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Knox, Lewis and 8 more20 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.