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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2016, 7:57 AM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. 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
- Aug 2, 2016, 7:57 AM CDT (12:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Osage County, MO, Warren County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:57 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 265 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
- 793 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
908
WGUS53 KLSX 021257
FFWLSX
MOC071-073-151-219-021700-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0025.160802T1257Z-160802T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
757 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GASCONADE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
EASTERN OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL NOON CDT
* AT 756 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEME WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FROM THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 225 AND 242.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES DEUTSCHHEIM HISTORIC SITE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3867 9180 3869 9146 3871 9145 3871 9142
3875 9142 3884 9136 3883 9124 3821 9082
3821 9153 3818 9153 3815 9158 3815 9161
3819 9165 3829 9165 3829 9175 3855 9201
$$
KRAMPER1 follow-up statement
142
WGUS73 KLSX 021652
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1152 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
MOC071-073-151-219-021701-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160802T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GASCONADE MO-FRANKLIN MO-OSAGE MO-WARREN MO-
1152 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GASCONADE...FRANKLIN...EASTERN OSAGE
AND SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...AN AREAL FLOOD
WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM TODAY DUE TO THE CONTINUATION
OF ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS THE AREA AS LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS
CONTINUE TO RISE.
LAT...LON 3867 9180 3869 9146 3871 9145 3871 9142
3875 9142 3884 9136 3883 9124 3821 9082
3821 9153 3818 9153 3815 9158 3815 9161
3819 9165 3829 9165 3829 9175 3855 9201
$$
GOSSELINThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Monroe, Montgomery | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Osage, Warren | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Shelby | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Monroe | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Knox | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Monroe, Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Monroe, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 10:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Monroe | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 11:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Franklin, Gasconade, Knox and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis, Lincoln, Marion, Pike and 6 more | 14 hr |
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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.