Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2016, 4:01 PM CDT for Callaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 9 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, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2016, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Unknown
County Callaway County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 270 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.
017
WGUS53 KLSX 032101
FFWLSX
MOC027-040545-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0031.160803T2101Z-160804T0545Z/
/00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
401 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
A DAM BREAK IN...
CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT THURSDAY
* EARLIER TODAY...COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED THE FAILURE OF THE
EARTHEN DAM IMPOUNDING GLOVERS SPRING LAKE.
FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN DUNLAP CREEK BELOW GLOVERS SPRING LAKE
DAM AND ALONG CROWS FORK CREEK. COUNTY ROUTE 101 IS CLOSED WHERE
THE BRIDGE AT DUNLAP CREEK HAS WASHED OUT. ADDITIONAL ROADS
THREATENED BY THIS FLOODING INCLUDE STATE HIGHWAY UU AND STATE
HIGHWAY O ALONG CROWS FORK CREEK. PEOPLE IN THE VICINITY OF THESE
CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION BY MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND.
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 3869 9181 3867 9186 3889 9196 3892 9189
3886 9183
$$
FUCHS2 follow-up statements
132
WGUS73 KLSX 040053
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
753 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
MOC027-040545-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160804T0545Z/
/00000.0.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CALLAWAY MO-
753 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
THURSDAY FOR CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTY...
EARLIER TODAY...COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED THE FAILURE OF THE EARTHEN
DAM IMPOUNDING GLOVERS SPRING LAKE.
FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN DUNLAP CREEK BELOW GLOVERS SPRING LAKE
DAM AND ALONG CROWS FORK CREEK. COUNTY ROUTE 101 IS CLOSED WHERE
THE BRIDGE AT DUNLAP CREEK HAS WASHED OUT. ADDITIONAL ROADS
THREATENED BY THIS FLOODING INCLUDE STATE HIGHWAY UU AND STATE
HIGHWAY O ALONG CROWS FORK CREEK. PEOPLE IN THE VICINITY OF THESE
CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION BY MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3869 9181 3867 9186 3889 9196 3892 9189
3886 9183
$$
GOSSELIN815
WGUS73 KLSX 040125
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
825 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
MOC027-040545-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160804T0545Z/
/00000.0.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CALLAWAY MO-
825 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
THURSDAY FOR CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTY...
EARLIER TODAY...COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED THE FAILURE OF THE EARTHEN
DAM IMPOUNDING GLOVERS SPRING LAKE.
FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN DUNLAP CREEK BELOW GLOVERS SPRING LAKE
DAM AND ALONG CROWS FORK CREEK. COUNTY ROUTE 101 IS NOW CLOSED
BETWEEEN ROUTES UU AND COUNTY ROAD 108. ADDITIONAL ROADS THREATENED
BY THIS FLOODING INCLUDE STATE HIGHWAY UU AND STATE HIGHWAY O ALONG
CROWS FORK CREEK. PEOPLE IN THE VICINITY OF THESE CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE ACTION BY MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3869 9181 3867 9186 3889 9196 3892 9189
3886 9183
$$
GOSSELINThe 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, 12:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Callaway | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:11 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | LSX | Boone, Cole, Moniteau | 29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.