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Flash Flood Warning 93, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Dec 28, 2015, 5:21 AM CST for 9 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 7 hr. 7 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 28, 2015, 5:21 AM CST (11:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2015, 12:15 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Warren County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 5:57 AM CST | HEAVY RAIN 8.2 | Lonedell, MO | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Dec 28, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY RAIN 9.1 | Pershing, MO | EVENT TOTAL...SO FAR |
| Dec 28, 7:10 AM CST | HEAVY RAIN 8.27 | 3 Ne Sullivan, MO | EVENT TOTAL...SO FAR |
| Dec 28, 7:16 AM CST | HEAVY RAIN 9.01 | Rosebud, MO | STORM TOTAL SO FAR... |
| Dec 28, 8:20 AM CST | HEAVY RAIN 7.83 | Catawissa, MO | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. |
| Dec 28, 9:11 AM CST | HEAVY RAIN 9.7 | 6 S Chamois, MO | AT THE TOWN OF AUD. STORM TOTAL. |
| Dec 28, 11:29 AM CST | HEAVY RAIN 9.6 | Lonedell, MO | STORM TOTAL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 448 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 415 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 496 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
005
WGUS53 KLSX 281121
FFWLSX
MOC027-051-055-071-073-113-139-151-219-281815-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0093.151228T1121Z-151228T1815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
521 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
GASCONADE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1215 PM CST MONDAY
* AT 519 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED PERIODS OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING. MANY
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE ALREADY OBSERVED 4 TO 8 INCHES
OF RANIFALL IN THE PAST 48 HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS
EXPECTED THIS MORNING. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING TO OCCUR!
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT BECOME THE NEXT FLASH FLOOD
VICTIM!
&&
LAT...LON 3874 9239 3856 9211 3868 9176 3898 9123
3887 9096 3854 9097 3861 9073 3821 9078
3820 9110 3774 9110 3770 9130 3779 9131
3779 9153 3815 9153 3815 9162 3829 9165
3830 9217 3834 9241 3842 9241 3843 9249
$$
CVKINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2:08 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 3 hr |
| Dec 28, 4:28 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 8 hr |
| Dec 28, 5:24 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Iron, Jefferson, Madison, Reynolds, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 28, 7:57 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Audrain, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike | 6 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:23 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford, Iron, Madison, Reynolds, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:37 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Cole, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Lincoln, Montgomery and 5 more | 24 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.