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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 26, 2018Audrain County, Monroe County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Mar 26, 2018, 1:02 PM CDT for Audrain County, Monroe County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 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
Mar 26, 2018, 1:02 PM CDT (18:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Audrain County, MO, Monroe County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 274 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2018-03-26Temperature 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2018-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1223 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

353 
WGUS53 KLSX 261802
FFWLSX
MOC007-137-270000-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0002.180326T1802Z-180327T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
102 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2018

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Audrain County in central Missouri...
  Monroe County in northeastern Missouri...

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 102 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to three inches of rain has 
  already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Paris, Santa Fe, Madison, Holliday, Stoutsville, Florida and Indian
  Creek.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the 
warned area.

This also includes  Union Covered Bridge Historic Site and Mark Twain
Lake Recreational Area.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3951 9230 3962 9172 3938 9171 3938 9172
      3932 9172 3932 9171 3929 9171 3931 9231

$$

Byrd

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 7:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXCole30 min
Mar 26, 8:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway24 min
Mar 26, 9:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXMoniteau42 min
Mar 26, 11:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXMonroe42 min
Mar 26, 12:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXMonroe3 hr
Mar 26, 1:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAudrain, Pike, Ralls6 hr
Mar 26, 2:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMonroe4 days

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.