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Flash Flood Warning 89, NWS St. Louis, MO

December 26, 201512 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Dec 26, 2015, 2:41 PM CST for 12 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 13 hr. 58 reports 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
Dec 26, 2015, 2:41 PM CST (20:41 UTC)
Expired
Dec 27, 2015, 3:24 AM CST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Bond County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 26, 3:30 PM CSTFLASH FLOODBrentwood, MO10 PEOPLE RESCUED FROM CARS HOMES AND BUSINESSES DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.
Dec 26, 3:35 PM CSTFLASH FLOOD2 Se Bourbon, MOROUTE N CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS DUE TO FLASH FLOODING OF WHITE CREEK. MODOT
Dec 26, 4:21 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 3.222 Ne Worden, ILMEASURED SO FAR
Dec 26, 4:33 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 2.55Rosebud, MO2.09 INCHES SINCE 630AM TOTAL THUS FAR 2.55
Dec 26, 5:04 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 2.6Edwardsville, ILSINCE LAST NIGHT. RAIN STILL ONGOING.
Dec 26, 5:09 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 4.1St. Charles, MOTOTAL FROM 5AM THROUGH 5PM. STILL RAINING.
Dec 26, 5:10 PM CSTFLASH FLOOD3 Se Linn, MOROUTE RA CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTION. MODOT
Dec 26, 5:36 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 3.251 Se St. Peters, MOSINCE LAST NIGHT. RAIN STILL ONGOING.
Dec 26, 5:57 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 2.03St. Louis, MOMEASURED SO FAR AT KSDK STATION AT 10TH AND MARKET STREET
Dec 26, 6:00 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 3.3Weldon Spring, MOEVENT TOTAL SO FAR SINCE LAST NIGHT. STILL ONGOING.
Dec 26, 6:05 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 2.62Cuba, MO
Dec 26, 6:30 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 3.5Shrewsbury, MOMEASURED AS OF 6 PM. STILL RAINING.
Dec 26, 6:51 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 3.361 Nnw Peerless Park, MOHANNA ROAD AT BIG BEND ROAD
Dec 26, 7:21 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 3.03Eureka, MO
Dec 26, 7:32 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 4Union, MO
Dec 26, 7:36 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 3.6Sullivan, MOMERAMEC STATE PARK NEAR SULLIVAN
Dec 26, 7:54 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 3.5Lonedell, MO
Dec 26, 8:04 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 3.7Maryland Heights, MOSTILL RAINING
Dec 26, 8:06 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 3.5St. Louis, MOSOUTHWEST PART OF SAINT LOUIS CITY. STILL RAINING.
Dec 26, 8:21 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 4.02Pontoon Beach, IL
Dec 26, 8:27 PM CSTFLASH FLOODMount Sterling, MOBETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN MOUNT STERLING AND LINN. SOME STICKS AND ROCKS AND OTHER LIGHT DEBRIS NOTED.
Dec 26, 9:00 PM CSTFLASH FLOOD2 Nw Sullivan, MOROUTE AC IS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTION DUE TO FLASH FLOODING ALONG BOONE CREEK. MODOT
Dec 26, 9:09 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 4.68St. Ann, MOSTILL RAINING
Dec 26, 9:22 PM CSTFLOODEureka, MOPARK IN LOW-LYING AREA ADJACENT TO I-44 FLOODED. WATER TO TOP OF PICNIC TABLES.
Dec 26, 9:30 PM CSTFLASH FLOODBay, MOROUTE W AND ROUTE K CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTION NEAR BAY DUE TO FLASH FLOODING OF SECOND CREEK. MODOT
Dec 26, 9:35 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 4St. Peters, MORAIN FOR TODAY NEAR MEXICO AND SPENCER ROAD.
Dec 26, 9:40 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 4.451 W Pacific, MOEVENT TOTAL. RAIN STILL ONGOING.
Dec 26, 9:47 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 3.02O'Fallon, MONORTHWEST CORNER OF OFALLON MO. BUNDER DRIVE NEXT TO PERUQUE CREEK. AT 7...30 PM WATER WAS 2.5 FEET BELOW THE BRIDGE DECK.
Dec 26, 9:51 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 3.6Kirkwood, MORAINFALL PAST 12 HOURS.
Dec 26, 9:56 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 3.7Pershing, MO
Dec 26, 9:58 PM CSTFLASH FLOODCottleville, MOROUTE N IS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS DUE TO DARDENNE CREEK FLASH FLOODING. MODOT
Dec 26, 10:00 PM CSTFLASH FLOOD1 N St. Peters, MOROUTE C IS CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING OF BELEAU CREEK NORTH OF ST. PETERS. MODOT
Dec 26, 10:00 PM CSTFLASH FLOOD1 W Treloar, MOMO 94 CLOSED BETWEEN ROUTE N AND ROUTE U IN BOTH DIRECTIONS DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. MODOT
Dec 26, 10:01 PM CSTFLASH FLOODKampville, MOROUTE B CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. WATER OVER ROAD IMPASSABLE. MODOT
Dec 26, 10:02 PM CSTFLASH FLOODWest Alton, MOMO 94 CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTION NEAR WEST ALTON DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD.
Dec 26, 10:03 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 4.45Eureka, MOEVENT TOTAL. RAIN ONGOING.
Dec 26, 10:04 PM CSTFLASH FLOOD2 W Weldon Spring, MOROUTE D CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS EAST OF ROUTE DD. WATER OVER THE ROADWAY. MODOT
Dec 26, 10:05 PM CSTFLASH FLOODDefiance, MOMO 94 CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTION NEAR DEFIANCE. MODOT
Dec 26, 10:09 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 4.32St. Peters, MORAINFALL SINCE 6 AM. SPENCER CROSSING NEAR WILLOT ROAD.
Dec 26, 10:15 PM CSTFLASH FLOODMount Sterling, MOROUTE A CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTION IN MULTIPLE AREAS SOUTH OF MOUNT STERLING BETWEEN ROUTE Y AND ROUTE D. MODOT
Dec 26, 10:38 PM CSTFLASH FLOODChesterfield, MOCAR SWEPT OFF WILD HORSE CREEK ROAD AT OSSENFORT ROAD BY A FLOODED WILD HORSE CREEK. MAN AND CHILD SWEPT INTO CREEK. LATEST REPORT HAS THE CHILD FOUND AND SAFE WITH THE MAN STUCK IN A TREE. RESCUERS TRYING TO REACH HIM.
Dec 26, 10:51 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 4.166 N Witt, ILEVENT TOTAL. RAIN ONGOING.
Dec 26, 11:15 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 4.9Wentzville, MOFACEBOOK REPORT.
Dec 26, 11:17 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 3.51Manchester, MONEAR HWY 141 AND CARMEN ROAD. FACEBOOK
Dec 26, 11:29 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 5.411 S Roxana, ILSTORM TOTAL SO FAR...SOUTH ROXANA...FACEBOOK.
Dec 26, 11:30 PM CSTFLASH FLOODCottleville, MOHIGHWAY N IS CLOSED FROM WEISS ROAD TO DARDENNE FARM ROAD. SIX FEET OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD. CURRENTLY SIX TO EIGHT VEHICLE WATER RESCUE OCCURRING.
Dec 27, 12:00 AM CSTHEAVY RAIN 2.31 Ese Glen Carbon, ILFELL BETWEEN 7 AM AND MIDNIGHT.
Dec 27, 12:00 AM CSTHEAVY RAIN 4.874 N Florissant, MOSTORM TOTAL SO FAR...VIA TWITTER.
Dec 27, 12:00 AM CSTHEAVY RAIN 5.02Ferguson, MOSTILL RAINING...STORM TOTAL SO FAR.
Dec 27, 12:00 AM CSTHEAVY RAIN 5.12Eureka, MOSTORM TOTAL THROUGH MIDNIGHT...STILL RAINING.
Dec 27, 12:05 AM CSTHEAVY RAIN 5.85Weldon Spring, MOSTORM TOTAL THROUGH MIDNIGHT
Dec 27, 12:17 AM CSTFLASH FLOOD1 Wnw Defiance, MOWATER RESCUE NEAR FRISELLAS NURSERY ON HIGHWAY F IN ST. CHARLES COUNTY.
Dec 27, 12:17 AM CSTFLASH FLOOD1 Wsw Defiance, MOWATER RESCUE NEAR FRISELLAS NURSERY ON HIGHWAY F IN ST. CHARLES COUNTY.
Dec 27, 12:50 AM CSTHEAVY RAIN 5.18Pontoon Beach, ILSTORM TOTAL SO FAR.
Dec 27, 1:01 AM CSTFLASH FLOOD3 Nw Union, MOROUTE YY IS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS DUE TO FLASH FLOODING FROM ST. JOHNS CREEK. MODOT
Dec 27, 2:15 AM CSTFLASH FLOODGillespie, ILLOCALIZED FLOODING. SEVERAL ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER AROUND MACOUPIN COUNTY. STEADY RAIN STILL FALLING.
Dec 27, 2:46 AM CSTFLASH FLOOD2 Se New Haven, MOROUTE KK CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS DUE TO 1 FOOT OF WATER FLOWING OVER ROADWAY. MODOT
Dec 27, 3:06 AM CSTHEAVY RAIN 3.312 Sw Fenton, MOSTILL RAINING.

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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 245 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 2015-12-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-12-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 318 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
318 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
423 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

291 
WGUS53 KLSX 262041
FFWLSX
ILC005-051-083-117-119-135-163-MOC051-055-071-073-099-139-151-183-
189-219-221-510-270430-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0089.151226T2041Z-151227T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
241 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHWESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
  NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHEASTERN JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
  ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  ST. LOUIS CITY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  GASCONADE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CST SATURDAY
    
* AT 228 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR...RAIN GAUGES...AND SPOTTER REPORTS
  INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED
  AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. CREEKS
  ARE RISING RAPIDLY...PARTICULARLY IN THE SAINT LOUIS METROPOLITAN
  AREA. SOME ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. ADDITIONAL
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING INTO THE
  REGION...AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BECOME MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD OVER
  THE NEXT FEW HOURS. LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING WILL DEVELOP
  VERY QUICKLY THIS EVENING. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ST. LOUIS...O'FALLON...ST. CHARLES...ST. PETERS...FLORISSANT...
  CHESTERFIELD...BELLEVILLE...JEFFERSON CITY...WILDWOOD...UNIVERSITY
  CITY...BALLWIN...GRANITE CITY...WENTZVILLE...ALTON...KIRKWOOD...
  MARYLAND HEIGHTS...EAST ST. LOUIS...HAZELWOOD...COLLINSVILLE AND
  EDWARDSVILLE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LIFE-THREATENING
FLASH FLOODING WILL DEVELOP VERY QUICKLY THIS EVENING.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 70 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 21 AND 24.
 INTERSTATE 55 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 23 AND 63.
 INTERSTATE 64 IN ILLINOIS NEAR EXIT 9.
 INTERSTATE 44 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 203 AND 277.
 INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 190 AND 191.
 INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 183 AND 231.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES ... 
BABLER MEMORIAL STATE PARK...SCOTT JOPLIN HISTORIC SITE...ROUTE 66
STATE PARK...ONONDAGA CAVE STATE PARK...DEUTSCHHEIM HISTORIC SITE...
CASTLEWOOD STATE PARK...CONFLUENCE STATE PARK...CLARKS HILL/NORTON
HISTORIC SITE...FIRST MISSOURI STATE CAPITOL HISTORIC SITE...
ROBERTSVILLE STATE PARK...MERAMEC STATE PARK...RAMSEY LAKE STATE
PARK...LAKE LOU YAEGER...AND HORSESHOE LAKE STATE PARK.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3779 9152 3815 9153 3815 9164 3829 9165
      3829 9219 3843 9249 3871 9173 3871 9142
      3882 9142 3894 9119 3887 9110 3887 9056
      3897 9045 3892 9028 3930 8976 3953 8961
      3935 8953 3935 8914 3922 8914 3922 8884

$$

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2 follow-up statements
106 
WGUS53 KLSX 270355
FFWLSX
ILC005-051-083-117-119-135-163-MOC051-055-071-073-099-139-151-183-
189-219-221-510-271230-
/O.EXT.KLSX.FF.W.0089.000000T0000Z-151227T1230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
955 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS  HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHWESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
  NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHEASTERN JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
  ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  ST. LOUIS CITY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  GASCONADE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 630 AM CST SUNDAY
    
* AT 945 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR...RAIN GAUGES...AND SPOTTER REPORTS
  INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS
  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY
  FALLEN. LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING ACROSS SEVERAL
  CREEKS...STREAMS...AND SMALL RIVERS AND HAVE ALSO RESULTED IN
  MULTIPLE ROAD CLOSURES.  THE RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...
  WITH HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY.  ADDITIONAL
  LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ST. LOUIS...O'FALLON...ST. CHARLES...ST. PETERS...FLORISSANT...
  CHESTERFIELD...BELLEVILLE...JEFFERSON CITY...WILDWOOD...UNIVERSITY
  CITY...BALLWIN...GRANITE CITY...WENTZVILLE...ALTON...KIRKWOOD...
  MARYLAND HEIGHTS...EAST ST. LOUIS...HAZELWOOD...COLLINSVILLE AND
  EDWARDSVILLE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 70 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 21 AND 24.
 INTERSTATE 55 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 23 AND 63.
 INTERSTATE 64 IN ILLINOIS NEAR EXIT 9.
 INTERSTATE 44 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 203 AND 277.
 INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 190 AND 191.
 INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 183 AND 231.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES ... 
BABLER MEMORIAL STATE PARK...SCOTT JOPLIN HISTORIC SITE...ROUTE 66
STATE PARK...ONONDAGA CAVE STATE PARK...DEUTSCHHEIM HISTORIC SITE...
CASTLEWOOD STATE PARK...CONFLUENCE STATE PARK...CLARKS HILL/NORTON
HISTORIC SITE...FIRST MISSOURI STATE CAPITOL HISTORIC SITE...
ROBERTSVILLE STATE PARK...MERAMEC STATE PARK...RAMSEY LAKE STATE
PARK...LAKE LOU YAEGER...AND HORSESHOE LAKE STATE PARK.
 
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.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3779 9152 3815 9153 3815 9164 3829 9165
      3829 9219 3843 9249 3871 9173 3871 9142
      3882 9142 3894 9119 3887 9110 3887 9056
      3897 9045 3892 9028 3930 8976 3953 8961
      3935 8953 3935 8914 3922 8914 3922 8884

$$

TES
450 
WGUS73 KLSX 270924
FFSLSX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
324 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

ILC005-051-083-117-119-135-163-MOC051-055-071-073-099-139-151-183-
189-219-221-510-270928-
/O.CAN.KLSX.FF.W.0089.000000T0000Z-151227T1230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOND IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-MADISON IL-FAYETTE IL-
JERSEY IL-ST. LOUIS MO-ST. CHARLES MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO-CRAWFORD MO-
OSAGE MO-WASHINGTON MO-WARREN MO-COLE MO-MONTGOMERY MO-JEFFERSON MO-
GASCONADE MO-FRANKLIN MO-
324 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHWESTERN ST. CLAIR AND SOUTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...NORTHWESTERN
FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTHEASTERN JERSEY COUNTY
IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...ST. LOUIS...ST. CHARLES AND CRAWFORD
COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL
MISSOURI...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND WARREN COUNTIES IN EAST
CENTRAL MISSOURI...SOUTHERN COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY...NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON...GASCONADE AND FRANKLIN
COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND ST. LOUIS CITY IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH AN AREAL FLOOD
WARNING.  WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA
AND FLOODING CONTINUES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS.  THIS FLOODING
HAS RESULTED IN MANY ROAD CLOSURES.  NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD
WATERS! THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO DRIVE THROUGH SAFELY! TURN
AROUND DON'T DROWN!

LAT...LON 3779 9152 3815 9153 3815 9164 3829 9165
      3829 9219 3843 9249 3871 9173 3871 9142
      3882 9142 3894 9119 3887 9110 3887 9056
      3897 9045 3892 9028 3930 8976 3953 8961
      3935 8953 3935 8914 3922 8914 3922 8884

$$

CARNEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 25, 7:31 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLSXReynolds5 days
Dec 25, 9:15 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLSXSaint Charles4 days
Dec 26, 9:21 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLSXOsage6 days
Dec 26, 9:21 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLSXCole4 days
Dec 26, 9:42 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLSXOsage4 days
Dec 26, 11:00 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLSXLincoln4 days
Dec 26, 1:40 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLSXCallaway, Osage7 days
Dec 26, 1:40 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLSXGasconade, Montgomery9 days
Dec 26, 1:40 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLSXGasconade, Montgomery7 days
Dec 26, 1:40 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Warren7 days
Dec 26, 1:40 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis8 days
Dec 26, 12:35 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLSXBrown27 days
Dec 26, 12:35 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLSXMorgan, Pike27 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2015Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015

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.