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Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2015, 6:32 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Pike County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 2015, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2015, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lincoln County, MO, Pike County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 7:30 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.05 | Bowling Green, MO | FELL IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 752 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
208
WGUS53 KLSX 272332
FFWLSX
MOC113-163-280530-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0075.150727T2332Z-150728T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
632 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
* AT 632 PM 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...
TROY...BOWLING GREEN...LOUISIANA...ELSBERRY...MOSCOW MILLS...
DAVIS...HAWK POINT...EOLIA...CLARKSVILLE...FRANKFORD...
CURRYVILLE...SPENCERBURG...NEW HARTFORD...TARRANTS...SILEX...
TRUXTON...PAYNESVILLE...WHITESIDE...ANNADA AND CAVE.
THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES CUIVRE RIVER 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 3949 9106 3947 9106 3944 9103 3941 9096
3924 9073 3896 9087 3890 9102 3897 9119
3899 9119 3900 9125 3914 9126 3915 9141
3945 9146 3959 9120
$$
TILLY1 follow-up statement
673
WGUS73 KLSX 280515 RRA
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1215 AM CDT TUE JUL 28 2015
MOC113-163-280525-
/O.CAN.KLSX.FF.W.0075.000000T0000Z-150728T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN MO-PIKE MO-
1215 AM CDT TUE JUL 28 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL
MISSOURI AND PIKE COUNTIES IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI IS CANCELLED...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3949 9106 3947 9106 3944 9103 3941 9096
3924 9073 3896 9087 3890 9102 3897 9119
3899 9119 3900 9125 3914 9126 3915 9141
3945 9146 3959 9120
$$
TILLYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 3:40 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade and 15 more | 48 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Shelby | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 20 min |
| Jul 27, 6:04 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 3 days |
| Jul 27, 6:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Marion, Monroe, Ralls | 6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.