Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2016, 3:19 AM CDT for Boone County, Moniteau 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
- Jul 3, 2016, 3:19 AM CDT (08:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2016, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Boone County, MO, Moniteau County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 7:03 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.22 | Columbia, MO | STORM TOTAL SO FAR |
| Jul 3, 7:09 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.5 | 1 N Columbia, MO | STORM TOTAL SO FAR ONE MILE NORTH OF I-70 |
| Jul 3, 7:49 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.97 | 1 Sw Columbia, MO | STORM TOTAL SO FAR...6.93 IN PAST 24 HOURS...5.51 IN PAST 12 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 1126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1072 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted.
455
WGUS53 KLSX 030819
FFWLSX
MOC019-135-031615-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0009.160703T0819Z-160703T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
319 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MONITEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...CENTRAL
BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT SUNDAY
* AT 318 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLUMBIA...ASHLAND...HALLSVILLE...JAMESTOWN...ROCHEPORT...MURRY...
MIDWAY...EASLEY...LUPUS...MCBAINE...SANDY HOOK...
WILTON AND KLIEVER.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 115 AND 133.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES ROCK BRIDGE STATE PARK...FINGER LAKES STATE
PARK... AND JEWELL CEMETERY HISTORIC SITE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3892 9250 3898 9257 3913 9249 3914 9211
3907 9211 3903 9214 3902 9213 3898 9214
3890 9217 3888 9215 3887 9216 3886 9215
3881 9214 3880 9216 3877 9216 3874 9218
3872 9235 3874 9239 3871 9241 3868 9262
$$
MILLER1 follow-up statement
264
WGUS73 KLSX 030959
FFSLSX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
459 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
MOC019-135-031615-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160703T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONITEAU MO-BOONE MO-
459 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT SUNDAY
FOR NORTHERN MONITEAU AND CENTRAL BOONE COUNTIES...
AT 456 AM CDT...A MEMBER OF THE MEDIA REPORTED NUMEROUS WATER
RESCUES OVERNIGHT IN COLUMBIA AS WELL AS SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES
ACROSS BOONE COUNTY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLUMBIA...ASHLAND...HALLSVILLE...JAMESTOWN...ROCHEPORT...MURRY...
MIDWAY...EASLEY...LUPUS...MCBAINE...SANDY HOOK...WILTON AND KLIEVER.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 115 AND 133.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES ROCK BRIDGE STATE PARK...FINGER LAKES STATE
PARK... AND JEWELL CEMETERY HISTORIC SITE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3892 9250 3898 9257 3913 9249 3914 9211
3907 9211 3903 9214 3902 9213 3898 9214
3890 9217 3888 9215 3887 9216 3886 9215
3881 9214 3880 9216 3877 9216 3874 9218
3872 9235 3874 9239 3871 9241 3868 9262
$$
MILLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 5:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Audrain, Callaway, Montgomery | 8 hr |
| Jul 3, 11:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Boone, Moniteau | 6 hr |
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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.