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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 26, 2016, 10:06 PM CDT for Adams County, Illinois; Marion County, Missouri. It was in force for 8 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 26, 2016, 10:06 PM CDT (03:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2016, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Adams County, IL, Marion County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:08 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 26, 10:29 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.26 | 1 Se Quincy, IL | RAINFALL SINCE 924 PM. REPORTED BY METEOROLOGIST FOR WGEM TV. |
| Aug 26, 10:49 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Quincy, IL | MULTIPLE WATER RESCUES ONGOING THROUGHOUT CITY OF QUINCY |
| Aug 27, 12:12 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.08 | 3 E Quincy, IL | 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL...MOST OF THE RAINFALL FELL AFTER 930 PM |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 1247 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
313
WGUS53 KLSX 270306
FFWLSX
ILC001-MOC127-271100-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0045.160827T0306Z-160827T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1006 PM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EASTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 600 AM CDT SATURDAY
* AT 1005 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
QUINCY...HANNIBAL...MENDON...LA GRANGE...FALL CREEK...BURTON...
URSA...LORAINE...LIMA...MARBLEHEAD AND FOWLER.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 172 BETWEEN EXITS 2 AND 19.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4020 9120 3978 9127 3976 9130 3976 9136
3972 9136 3968 9147 3995 9149 3995 9144
4003 9149 4014 9150 4020 9141
$$
TES1 follow-up statement
976
WGUS73 KLSX 271046
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
546 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 2016
ILC001-MOC127-271055-
/O.CAN.KLSX.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160827T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ADAMS IL-MARION MO-
546 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN ADAMS AND EASTERN MARION
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING. PLEASE CONTINUE
TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4020 9120 3978 9127 3976 9130 3976 9136
3972 9136 3968 9147 3995 9149 3995 9144
4003 9149 4014 9150 4020 9141
$$
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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.