Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2016, 8:20 PM CDT for Crawford County, Franklin County, Gasconade County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 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
- May 28, 2016, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2016, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 258 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
- 1870 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1047 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted.
789
WGUS53 KLSX 290120
FFWLSX
MOC055-071-073-290415-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0007.160529T0120Z-160529T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
820 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN GASCONADE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 815 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SULLIVAN...CUBA...BOURBON...LEASBURG...ST. CLOUD...CANAAN...
OAK HILL...NOSER MILL...JAPAN AND STANTON.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AS
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 203 AND 230.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES ONONDAGA CAVE STATE PARK AND MERAMEC STATE PARK.
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 3831 9164 3842 9108 3820 9109 3820 9110
3802 9110 3802 9152 3815 9153 3815 9164
$$
BRITT2 follow-up statements
639
WGUS73 KLSX 290243
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
943 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
MOC055-071-073-290415-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160529T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GASCONADE MO-FRANKLIN MO-CRAWFORD MO-
943 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN GASCONADE...SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND NORTHERN CRAWFORD
COUNTIES...
AT 936 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF
RAINFALL HAS ALREADY FALLEN FROM OAK HILL TO SULLIVAN ALONG THE
COUNTY LINE. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS THUNDERSTORMS
MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SULLIVAN...BOURBON...LEASBURG...ST. CLOUD...OAK HILL...NOSER MILL...
JAPAN AND STANTON.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 203 AND 230.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES ONONDAGA CAVE STATE PARK AND MERAMEC STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
&&
LAT...LON 3831 9164 3842 9108 3820 9109 3820 9110
3802 9110 3802 9152 3815 9153 3815 9164
$$
BRITT607
WGUS73 KLSX 290409
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1109 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
MOC055-071-073-290418-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160529T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GASCONADE MO-FRANKLIN MO-CRAWFORD MO-
1109 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GASCONADE...SOUTHWESTERN
FRANKLIN AND NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 PM 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 3831 9164 3842 9108 3820 9109 3820 9110
3802 9110 3802 9152 3815 9153 3815 9164
$$
CARNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade | 42 min |
| May 28, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Washington | 49 min |
| May 28, 7:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 42 hr |
| May 28, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Washington | 51 min |
| May 28, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Washington | 39 min |
| May 28, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Jefferson | 46 min |
| May 29, 10:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Perry, Sainte Genevieve | 6 days |
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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.