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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 28, 2017Bond County, Montgomery County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 28, 2017, 3:19 PM CDT for Bond County, Montgomery 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
Apr 28, 2017, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2017, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Bond County, IL, Montgomery County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2017-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
912 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

655 
WGUS53 KLSX 282019
FFWLSX
ILC005-135-290045-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0002.170428T2019Z-170429T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
319 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2017

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northern Bond County in south central Illinois...
  Southeastern Montgomery County in south central Illinois...

* Until 745 PM CDT.

* At 319 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...
  Coffeen, Sorento, Reno, Van Burensburg, Panama, Fillmore,
  Donnellson and Chapman.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3899 8926 3888 8963 3900 8964 3900 8959
      3902 8959 3914 8925 3900 8925

$$

Tilly
1 follow-up statement
114 
WGUS73 KLSX 290039
FFSLSX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
739 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2017

ILC005-135-290049-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170429T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Bond IL-Montgomery IL-
739 PM CDT FRI APR 28 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN BOND AND SOUTHEASTERN
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 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 3899 8926 3888 8963 3900 8964 3900 8959
      3902 8959 3914 8925 3900 8925

$$

Gosselin

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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.