Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 15, 2016, 4:54 AM CDT for Iron County, Reynolds County, Washington County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 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 15, 2016, 4:54 AM CDT (09:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2016, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Iron County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Washington County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:54 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 15, 6:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.2 | Lesterville, MO | LAST 24 HOURS. |
| Aug 15, 6:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6 | Belleview, MO | 24 HOUR TOTAL |
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 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 275 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 767 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
035
WGUS53 KLSX 150954
FFWLSX
MOC093-179-221-151545-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0041.160815T0954Z-160815T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
454 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
NORTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
* AT 452 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT
HIGHWAY 21 AT HIGHWAY 32 WAS FLOODED. BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES
HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
POTOSI...IRONTON...PILOT KNOB...ARCADIA...IRONDALE...
MINERAL POINT...OATES...BELLEVIEW...GLOVER...CENTERVILLE...
CALEDONIA...BLACK...HOGAN...CHLORIDE...LESTERVILLE...BELGRADE...
SHIRLEY AND GRANITE.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES JOHNSONS SHUT-INS STATE PARK...FORT DAVIDSON
HISTORIC SITE...ELEPHANT ROCKS STATE PARK...AND TAUM SAUK MOUNTAIN
STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
&&
LAT...LON 3743 9119 3796 9090 3796 9064 3765 9065
3764 9063 3743 9063
$$
BYRD2 follow-up statements
287
WGUS73 KLSX 151404
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
904 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2016
MOC093-179-221-151545-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160815T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
IRON MO-REYNOLDS MO-WASHINGTON MO-
904 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR
NORTHERN IRON...NORTHERN REYNOLDS AND SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON
COUNTIES...
EARLIER THIS MORNING...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
IN PORTIONS OF IRON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. THE EAST FORK OF THE
BLACK RIVER WAS 2 FEET ABOVE THE BRIDGE WEST OF PILOT KNOB. IN
ADDITION...MOUNTS ROAD BRIDGE OVER THE BIG RIVER WAS UNDER 4 FEET OF
WATER EARLIER THIS MORNING. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
POTOSI...IRONTON...PILOT KNOB...ARCADIA...IRONDALE...MINERAL POINT...
OATES...BELLEVIEW...GLOVER...CENTERVILLE...CALEDONIA...BLACK...
HOGAN...CHLORIDE...LESTERVILLE...BELGRADE...SHIRLEY AND GRANITE.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES JOHNSONS SHUT-INS STATE PARK...FORT DAVIDSON
HISTORIC SITE...ELEPHANT ROCKS STATE PARK...AND TAUM SAUK MOUNTAIN
STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
&&
LAT...LON 3743 9119 3796 9090 3796 9064 3765 9065
3764 9063 3743 9063
$$
KD740
WGUS73 KLSX 151544
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1044 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2016
MOC093-179-221-151553-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160815T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
IRON MO-REYNOLDS MO-WASHINGTON MO-
1044 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN IRON...NORTHERN REYNOLDS AND
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 AM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...MINOR FLOODING IS STILL ONGOING
IN THE REGION...THUS AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED TO
REPLACE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
LAT...LON 3743 9119 3796 9090 3796 9064 3765 9065
3764 9063 3743 9063
$$
KDThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 8:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 53 hr |
| Aug 14, 8:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Reynolds | 4 days |
| Aug 14, 9:37 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford | 3 days |
| Aug 14, 9:37 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Crawford, Washington | 4 days |
| Aug 14, 9:37 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson | 6 days |
| Aug 14, 9:37 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Louis | 6 days |
| Aug 14, 9:37 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Louis | 6 days |
| Aug 14, 9:37 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Saint Louis | 6 days |
| Aug 14, 9:41 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson | 4 days |
| Aug 14, 9:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin | 5 days |
| Aug 15, 2:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Saint Louis, Washington | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 8:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 9:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 9:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 10:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Madison | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 10:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 11:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Saint Louis, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Saint Louis, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.