Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 2016, 11:45 PM CDT for Cole County, Moniteau County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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
- Sep 9, 2016, 11:45 PM CDT (04:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2016, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cole County, MO, Moniteau County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 12:36 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.92 | 7 N California, MO | 2.92 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST TWO HOURS |
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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 2416 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1026 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted.
566
WGUS53 KLSX 100445
FFWLSX
MOC051-135-101045-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0049.160910T0445Z-160910T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1145 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
MONITEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 545 AM CDT SATURDAY.
* AT 1143 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN SINCE 10 PM OVER THE WARNING AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CALIFORNIA...TIPTON...ST. MARTINS...RUSSELLVILLE...JAMESTOWN...
CLARKSBURG...CENTERTOWN...EASLEY...HIGH POINT...MCGIRK...MARION...
LOHMAN...LUPUS...ENON...KLIEVER...ELSTON...LATHAM AND SANDY HOOK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA TONIGHT.
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 3868 9262 3892 9250 3891 9248 3888 9248
3883 9244 3881 9238 3879 9238 3876 9241
3874 9240 3871 9234 3868 9236 3867 9229
3865 9226 3864 9221 3843 9248 3843 9262
3860 9284 3868 9284
$$
BRITT1 follow-up statement
643
WGUS73 KLSX 101048
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
548 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2016
MOC051-135-101058-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160910T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLE MO-MONITEAU MO-
548 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN COLE AND MONITEAU
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3868 9262 3892 9250 3891 9248 3888 9248
3883 9244 3881 9238 3879 9238 3876 9241
3874 9240 3871 9234 3868 9236 3867 9229
3865 9226 3864 9221 3843 9248 3843 9262
3860 9284 3868 9284
$$
GKSThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 1:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 10, 4:09 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Osage | 32 hr |
| Sep 10, 4:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Monroe | 34 hr |
| Sep 10, 4:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 6 hr |
| Sep 10, 4:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Cole | 58 hr |
| Sep 10, 6:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 33 hr |
| Sep 10, 7:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade, Montgomery, Osage and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 10, 9:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles | 33 hr |
| Sep 10, 11:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 46 hr |
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.