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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 4, 2016Montgomery County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2016, 10:08 AM CDT for Montgomery County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 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
Jun 4, 2016, 10:08 AM CDT (15:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Montgomery County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:08 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 12:00 PM CDTFLASH FLOODNokomis, ILIDOT OFFICIAL REPORTED 2 TO 3 FEET OF WATER STILL OVER RT 16. RT REMAINS CLOSED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 119 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 28 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
757 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

205 
WGUS53 KLSX 041508
FFWLSX
ILC135-041800-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0008.160604T1508Z-160604T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1008 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1006 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT ROUTE 16
  NEAR NAKOMIS WAS FLOODED DUE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 300 AM
  WITHIN A SMALL AREA IN NORTHEAST MONTOGOMERY COUNTY FROM NEAR WITT
  TO SOUTHEAST OF OHLMAN.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  HILLSBORO...NOKOMIS...WITT...TAYLOR SPRINGS...SCHRAM CITY...
  IRVING...FILLMORE...COALTON...BUTLER...OHLMAN AND WENONAH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 3922 8925 3912 8925 3912 8955 3935 8953
      3935 8914 3922 8914

$$

GLASS

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 11:38 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXWashington5 hr
Jun 4, 1:00 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXMontgomery6 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.