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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2016, 6:11 PM CDT for Brown County, Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 19, 2016, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Brown County, IL, Pike County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 942 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted.
405
WGUS53 KLSX 192311
FFWLSX
ILC009-149-200215-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0012.160719T2311Z-160720T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
611 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 610 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BUCKHORN...LA GRANGE...VERSAILLES...CHAMBERSBURG AND COOPERTOWN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3998 9060 3998 9052 3999 9053 3998 9051
3997 9051 3995 9053 3992 9054 3988 9058
3986 9058 3983 9057 3978 9060 3981 9083
3996 9084 3999 9061
$$
GOSSELIN1 follow-up statement
418
WGUS73 KLSX 200210
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
910 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016
ILC009-149-200220-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160720T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIKE IL-BROWN IL-
910 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PIKE AND SOUTHERN BROWN
COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3998 9060 3998 9052 3999 9053 3998 9051
3997 9051 3995 9053 3992 9054 3988 9058
3986 9058 3983 9057 3978 9060 3981 9083
3996 9084 3999 9061
$$
GOSSELINThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Madison | 52 min |
| Jul 19, 2:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Randolph | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Adams | 40 min |
| Jul 19, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Brown | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 47 min |
| Jul 19, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Pike | 44 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.