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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 15, 2016, 6:59 AM CDT for Bond County, Montgomery County, Illinois. It was in force for 5 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 15, 2016, 6:59 AM CDT (11:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bond County, IL, Montgomery County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 1143 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
737
WGUS53 KLSX 151159
FFWLSX
ILC005-135-151700-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0044.160815T1159Z-160815T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
659 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL NOON CDT
* AT 656 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE...LITCHFIELD...HILLSBORO...TAYLOR SPRINGS...COFFEEN...
MULBERRY GROVE...SCHRAM CITY...SORENTO...RENO...WOBURN...
VAN BURENSBURG...IRVING...PANAMA...FILLMORE...DONNELLSON...
SMITHBORO...OLD RIPLEY...WALSHVILLE...SHILOH HILL AND CHAPMAN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 45 AND 52.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3887 8926 3887 8960 3888 8964 3900 8964
3900 8970 3917 8970 3922 8925
$$
TILLY2 follow-up statements
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WGUS73 KLSX 151446
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
946 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2016
ILC005-135-151700-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160815T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOND IL-MONTGOMERY IL-
946 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR
NORTHERN BOND AND SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...
AT 945 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL EARLY THIS MORNING.
FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ONGOING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE...LITCHFIELD...HILLSBORO...TAYLOR SPRINGS...COFFEEN...
MULBERRY GROVE...SCHRAM CITY...SORENTO...RENO...WOBURN...
VAN BURENSBURG...IRVING...PANAMA...FILLMORE...DONNELLSON...
SMITHBORO...OLD RIPLEY...WALSHVILLE...SHILOH HILL AND CHAPMAN.
A FEW MODERATE SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS...WHICH MAY KEEP FLOODWATERS FROM QUICKLY RECEDING.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 45 AND 52.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3887 8926 3887 8960 3888 8964 3900 8964
3900 8970 3917 8970 3922 8925
$$
KD910
WGUS73 KLSX 151653
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1153 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2016
ILC005-135-151703-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160815T1700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOND IL-MONTGOMERY IL-
1153 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN BOND AND SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3887 8926 3887 8960 3888 8964 3900 8964
3900 8970 3917 8970 3922 8925
$$
KDThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 4:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 5 hr |
| Aug 15, 9:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Clinton, Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 9:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 10:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 11:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.