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Flash Flood Warning 88, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 10, 2015, 7:38 PM CDT for Bond County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 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
- Sep 10, 2015, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2015, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Bond County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -296 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1247 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
435
WGUS53 KLSX 110038
FFWLSX
ILC005-110445-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0088.150911T0038Z-150911T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
738 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
* AT 737 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AROUND THREE INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE...MULBERRY GROVE...TAMALCO...BEAVER CREEK...WOBURN...
PLEASANT MOUND...KEYESPORT...SMITHBORO AND DUDLEYVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 45 AND 52.
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 3874 8944 3903 8943 3903 8925 3900 8925
3899 8926 3874 8925
$$
TILLY1 follow-up statement
885
WGUS73 KLSX 110444
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1144 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015
ILC005-110454-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0088.000000T0000Z-150911T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOND IL-
1144 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN BOND COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1145 PM CDT...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3874 8944 3903 8943 3903 8925 3900 8925
3899 8926 3874 8925
$$
TILLYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Clinton, Washington | 33 min |
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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.