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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2015, 5:03 AM CDT for Adams County, Illinois. It was in force for 5 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, 5:03 AM CDT (10:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Adams County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 392 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
646
WGUS53 KLSX 261003
FFWLSX
ILC001-261500-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0071.150726T1003Z-150726T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
503 AM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
* AT 502 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN MOVED ACROSS THE COUNTY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS.
SINCE 230 AM...RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER
EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN IS
DIMINISHING...ADDITIONAL STORMS WITH LOCALIZED AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN
ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
QUINCY...CAMP POINT...PAYSON...MENDON...LA GRANGE...CLAYTON...
GOLDEN...FALL CREEK...BEVERLY...ADAMS...KINGSTON...BURTON...URSA...
LIBERTY...RICHFIELD...LORAINE...PLAINVILLE...WOODVILLE...LIMA AND
COATSBURG.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 172 BETWEEN EXITS 2 AND 19.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES SILOAM SPRINGS STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4019 9091 3977 9092 3976 9092 3976 9136
3980 9137 3984 9144 3987 9145 3993 9142
4003 9150 4019 9151
$$
TRUETT2 follow-up statements
504
WGUS73 KLSX 261212
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
712 AM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015
ILC001-261500-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0071.000000T0000Z-150726T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ADAMS IL-
712 AM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR
ADAMS COUNTY...
AT 707 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS MOVING BACK INTO ADAMS COUNTY. HOWEVER...A
LARGER THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IS DROPPING SOUTHEAST OUT OF IOWA...AND
THIS COMPLEX COULD BRING WIDESPREAD...HEAVIER RAIN TO ADAMS
COUNTY AFTER 9AM.
RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATE 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL
OVER PARTS OF EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY DURING THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS...MOST OF WHICH FELL IN A 2 HOUR TIME FRAME.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
QUINCY...CAMP POINT...PAYSON...MENDON...LA GRANGE...CLAYTON...
GOLDEN...FALL CREEK...BEVERLY...ADAMS...KINGSTON...BURTON...URSA...
LIBERTY...RICHFIELD...LORAINE...PLAINVILLE...WOODVILLE...LIMA AND
COATSBURG.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 172 BETWEEN EXITS 2 AND 19.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES SILOAM SPRINGS STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4019 9091 3977 9092 3976 9092 3976 9136
3980 9137 3984 9144 3987 9145 3993 9142
4003 9150 4019 9151
$$
TRUETT780
WGUS73 KLSX 261500
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1000 AM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015
ILC001-261507-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0071.000000T0000Z-150726T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ADAMS IL-
1000 AM CDT SUN JUL 26 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ADAMS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 AM
CDT...
AT 955 AM...ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH ADAMS COUNTY.
HOWEVER...THE HEAVIER RAINS WITH THESE STORMS ARE FALLING TO THE
SOUTHWEST OF ADAMS COUNTY. SO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ADAMS
COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4019 9091 3977 9092 3976 9092 3976 9136
3980 9137 3984 9144 3987 9145 3993 9142
4003 9150 4019 9151
$$
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, 4:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:55 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more | 53 hr |
Nearby
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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.