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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS St. Louis, MO

August 2, 2016Knox County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2016, 5:34 AM CDT for Knox County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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
Aug 2, 2016, 5:34 AM CDT (10:34 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2016, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Knox County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 204 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Aug 2, 8:00 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 54 W Novelty, MO
Aug 2, 9:30 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.151 Ene Novelty, MORAINFALL TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT COURTESY OF MISSOURI MESONET.
Aug 2, 9:37 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 4.5Hurdland, MORAINFALL TOTAL OF 4-5 INCHES.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 211 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2016-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 460 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2016-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
460 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

241 
WGUS53 KLSX 021034
FFWLSX
MOC103-021630-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0024.160802T1034Z-160802T1630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
534 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  KNOX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT

* AT 533 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN
  MAY HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  EDINA...KNOX CITY...PLEVNA...COLONY...GREENSBURG...HURDLAND...
  NOVELTY...BARING AND NEWARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.

&&

LAT...LON 4030 9196 3995 9195 3996 9234 4030 9235

$$

GLASS
1 follow-up statement
776 
WGUS73 KLSX 021637
FFSLSX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1137 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

MOC103-021645-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160802T1630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KNOX MO-
1137 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR KNOX COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED WITH GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL
LIKELY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING IS NOW
IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM TODAY DUE TO THE CONTINUATION OF ROAD
CLOSURES ACROSS THE AREA AS LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS CONTINUE TO
RISE.

LAT...LON 4030 9196 3995 9195 3996 9234 4030 9235

$$

GOSSELIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 2:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAudrain, Callaway, Monroe, Montgomery6 hr
Aug 2, 2:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Osage, Warren5 hr
Aug 2, 4:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXShelby5 hr
Aug 2, 4:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Monroe5 hr
Aug 2, 7:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Osage, Warren4 hr
Aug 2, 8:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAudrain, Callaway, Monroe, Montgomery4 hr
Aug 2, 8:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMonroe, Shelby3 hr
Aug 2, 10:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Monroe2 hr
Aug 2, 11:31 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Franklin, Gasconade, Knox and 5 more6 hr
Aug 2, 3:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Lewis, Lincoln, Marion, Pike and 6 more14 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.