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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2016, 10:05 AM CDT for Adams County, Brown County, Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 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 28, 2016, 10:05 AM CDT (15:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2016, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Pike County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 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 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 1158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1022 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
406
WGUS53 KLSX 281505
FFWLSX
ILC001-009-149-281900-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0046.160828T1505Z-160828T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1005 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT
* AT 1003 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 3 INCHES
OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF EXTREME NORTHWEST PIKE
COUNTY ILLINOIS AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF BROWN COUNTY.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BEVERLY...KINGSTON...BAYLIS AND FISHHOOK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THIS
MORNING IN THE WARNED AREA.
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 3988 9079 3975 9080 3970 9107 3985 9103
3988 9092
$$
GLASS2 follow-up statements
087
WGUS73 KLSX 281651
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1151 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
ILC001-009-149-281900-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160828T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIKE IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-
1151 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL PIKE...SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS AND SOUTHWESTERN BROWN
COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
AT 1148 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE INTENSITY AND
COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THUS FAR SHOW RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF JUST
OVER 3 INCHES TO THE NORTHWEST OF FISHHOOK. FLASH FLOODING REMAINS
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WARNED AREA.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BEVERLY...KINGSTON...BAYLIS AND FISHHOOK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3988 9079 3975 9080 3970 9107 3985 9103
3988 9092
$$
GLASS787
WGUS73 KLSX 281805
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
105 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
ILC001-009-149-281815-
/O.CAN.KLSX.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160828T1900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIKE IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-
105 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PIKE...SOUTHEASTERN
ADAMS AND SOUTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS
NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3988 9079 3975 9080 3970 9107 3985 9103
3988 9092
$$
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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.