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Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 27, 2015Lincoln County, Pike County, Missouri

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.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 27, 7:30 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.05Bowling Green, MOFELL 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2015-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 143 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2015-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
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

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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

$$

TILLY
1 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

$$

TILLY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 3:40 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade and 15 more48 hr
Jul 27, 5:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXShelby4 hr
Jul 27, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis20 min
Jul 27, 6:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLewis3 days
Jul 27, 6:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMarion, Monroe, Ralls6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.