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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2016, 12:05 PM CDT for Callaway County, 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 3, 2016, 12:05 PM CDT (17:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Callaway County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 271 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
- 366 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
315 WGUS53 KLSX 031705 FFWLSX MOC027-032100- /O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0030.160803T1705Z-160803T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 1205 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 1156 AM CDT...THE CALLAWAY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE DAM ON GLOVERS SPRING LAKE JUST EAST OF FULTON WAS IN THE PROCESS OF FAILING. WHEN THE DAM DOES FAIL...FLOODWATERS WILL MOVE DOWN CROWS FORK CREEK AND THE AUXVASSE CREEK. THIS WILL ALSO AFFECT ROUTE UU...ROUTE O... AND COUNTY ROUTE 101. PERSONS ALONG THESE CREEKS IN CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTY SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! 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 3886 9185 3869 9177 3868 9186 3886 9192 $$ BRITT
1 follow-up statement
798 WGUS73 KLSX 031920 FFSLSX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 220 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016 MOC027-032100- /O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160803T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CALLAWAY MO- 220 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTY... AT 207 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING BELOW GLOVERS SPRING LAKE ALONG DUNLAP CREEK. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. BASED ON MEDIA PHOTOS OF THE AREA, A PART OF THE COUNTY ROUTE 101 BRIDGE OVER DUNLAP CREEK HAS BEEN WASHED OUT. FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN DUNLAP CREEK BELOW GLOVERS SPRING LAKE DAM AND INTO CROWS FORK CREEK EAST OF FULTON. THIS EARTHEN DAM IS IN THE PROCESS OF FAILING. PEOPLE BELOW THIS DAM ALONG DUNLAP CREEK, CROWS FORK CREEK, AND EVEN AUXVASSE CREEK SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY RISING WATER DUE TO THIS DAM FAILURE. IN ADDITION TO COUNTY ROAD 101, MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE IMPACTS TO STATE HIGHWAY UU AND STATE HIGHWAY O NEAR CROWS FORK CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3886 9185 3869 9177 3868 9186 3886 9192 $$ FUCHS
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 11:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage | 6 hr |
| Aug 3, 12:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Gasconade, Osage | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Franklin, Warren | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 3:11 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LSX | Boone, Cole, Moniteau | 29 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Callaway | 9 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016
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.