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Flash Flood Warning 70, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2015, 4:45 AM CDT for 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 26, 2015, 4:45 AM CDT (09:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2015, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pike County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 1341 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1161 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
140
WGUS53 KLSX 260945
FFWLSX
ILC149-261545-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0070.150726T0945Z-150726T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
445 AM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT SUNDAY
* AT 445 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT TWO TO
THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS PARTS OF PIKE COUNTY ILLINOIS
OUNTY SINCE 3 AM...AND ADDITIONAL POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PITTSFIELD...BARRY...GRIGGSVILLE...PLEASANT HILL...ATLAS...PIKE...
INDEPENDENCE...BEDFORD...MONTEZUMA...HULL...MARTINSBURG...PERRY...
NEW CANTON...NEBO...MILTON...KINDERHOOK...BAYLIS...CHAMBERSBURG...
PEARL AND NEW SALEM.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN EXITS 10 AND 35.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
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 3984 9057 3983 9057 3971 9065 3954 9057
3946 9061 3940 9061 3940 9094 3942 9099
3947 9106 3954 9110 3955 9115 3960 9118
3962 9122 3972 9136 3975 9137 3976 9092
3984 9092
$$
TRUETT1 follow-up statement
707
WGUS73 KLSX 261539
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1039 AM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015
ILC149-261548-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0070.000000T0000Z-150726T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIKE IL-
1039 AM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 AM CDT...
AT 1035 AM...ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH PIKE COUNTY.
HOWEVER...THE HEAVIER RAINS WITH THESE STORMS ARE FALLING TO THE
SOUTHWEST OF PIKE COUNTY ILLINOIS. SO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS
NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
PIKE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3984 9057 3983 9057 3971 9065 3954 9057
3946 9061 3940 9061 3940 9094 3942 9099
3947 9106 3954 9110 3955 9115 3960 9118
3962 9122 3972 9136 3975 9137 3976 9092
3984 9092
$$
BYRDThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 4:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Calhoun | 52 min |
| Jul 26, 5:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Adams | 5 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:55 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more | 53 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.