Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 2016, 5:51 PM CDT for 10 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 4 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 12, 2016, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2016, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pike County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 6:30 PM CDT | FLOOD | 3 E Chamois, MO | HIGHWAY 100 BETWEEN CHAMOIS AND MORRISON CLOSED BRIEFLY DUE TO WATER COVERING ROAD |
| Aug 12, 6:45 PM CDT | FLOOD | Jefferson City, MO | STATE PARKING LOT AT HIGHWAY 50 AND BROADWAY FLOODED WITH WATER UP TO 2-3 FEET DEEP |
| Aug 12, 7:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.75 | 7 S Bland, MO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 1606 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
462
WGUS53 KLSX 122251
FFWLSX
MOC007-019-027-051-073-113-135-139-151-163-130245-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0036.160812T2251Z-160813T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
551 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHEASTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
MONITEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
WESTERN GASCONADE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
* AT 541 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN SHORT PERIOD OF TIME INCLUDING
CENTRAL COLE COUNTY...CENTRAL CALLAWAY COUNTY...NORTHERN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JEFFERSON CITY...FULTON...BOWLING GREEN...CALIFORNIA...ASHLAND...
TIPTON...HOLTS SUMMIT...MONTGOMERY CITY...ELSBERRY...LINN...
BELLE...WARDSVILLE...DAVIS...ST. MARTINS...TAOS AND RUSSELLVILLE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 137 AND 175.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES ROCK BRIDGE STATE PARK...CLARKS HILL/NORTON
HISTORIC SITE...JEFFERSON LANDING HISTORIC SITE...AND GRAHAM CAVE
STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
&&
LAT...LON 3868 9273 3868 9262 3875 9259 3947 9106
3925 9073 3908 9069 3899 9126 3884 9142
3815 9158 3815 9164 3829 9165 3829 9219
3834 9220 3834 9241 3843 9241 3843 9262
3860 9284 3863 9284
$$
BRITT1 follow-up statement
127
WGUS73 KLSX 130237
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
937 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016
MOC007-019-027-051-073-113-135-139-151-163-130247-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160813T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLE MO-PIKE MO-CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO-AUDRAIN MO-MONITEAU MO-
GASCONADE MO-BOONE MO-LINCOLN MO-OSAGE MO-
937 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...PIKE
COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL
MISSOURI...MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...SOUTHEASTERN
AUDRAIN AND MONITEAU COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...WESTERN GASCONADE
COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN
CENTRAL MISSOURI...NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI
AND OSAGE COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING. FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3868 9273 3868 9262 3875 9259 3947 9106
3925 9073 3908 9069 3899 9126 3884 9142
3815 9158 3815 9164 3829 9165 3829 9219
3834 9220 3834 9241 3843 9241 3843 9262
3860 9284 3863 9284
$$
KANOFSKYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 3:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Iron, Jefferson, Madison, Reynolds and 6 more | 4 days |
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.