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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS St. Louis, MO

September 6, 2018Audrain County, Boone County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 6, 2018, 6:52 AM CDT for Audrain County, Boone 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
Sep 6, 2018, 6:52 AM CDT (11:52 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 2018, 10:02 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:54 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 285 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2018-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 713 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2018-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
713 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

024 
WGUS53 KLSX 061152
FFWLSX
MOC007-019-061545-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0036.180906T1152Z-180906T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
652 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2018

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northern Boone County in central Missouri...
  Western Audrain County in central Missouri...

* Until 1045 AM CDT.

* At 646 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain had fallen 
  across the warned area. 4 to 5 inches of rain have fallen in a 
  small area of northwest Boone and western Audrain counties. Some 
  of the heaviest rain fell near the headwaters of Perche 
  Creek. Flash flooding is expected.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Columbia, Centralia, Hallsville, Sturgeon, Murry, Midway and
  Harrisburg.

This includes Interstate 70 in Missouri between exits 121 and 128.
 
This also includes  Finger Lakes State Park and Jewell Cemetery
Historic Site.
 
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.

&&

LAT...LON 3924 9243 3925 9242 3925 9231 3935 9231
      3934 9196 3906 9212 3890 9236 3904 9253

$$

Carney
1 follow-up statement
906 
WGUS73 KLSX 061502
FFSLSX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
1002 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2018

MOC007-019-061511-
/O.CAN.KLSX.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-180906T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Boone MO-Audrain MO-
1002 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN BOONE AND WESTERN AUDRAIN
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The heavy rain has ended. Any flood waters have receded as there 
were no reports of flooding across the area. Flooding is no longer 
expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining 
road closures.

LAT...LON 3924 9243 3925 9242 3925 9231 3935 9231
      3934 9196 3906 9212 3890 9236 3904 9253

$$

Glass

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 2:11 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXMonroe6 hr
Sep 6, 3:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 23 more60 hr
Sep 6, 4:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMonroe, Ralls6 hr
Sep 6, 5:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMarion4 hr
Sep 6, 8:32 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLewis5 days
Sep 6, 8:32 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion4 days
Sep 6, 9:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXCallaway, Osage48 hr
Sep 6, 9:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXGasconade, Montgomery5 days
Sep 6, 9:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXGasconade, Montgomery7 days
Sep 6, 10:00 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXMonroe, Ralls9 hr
Sep 6, 11:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Louis6 days
Sep 6, 11:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXSaint Charles6 days
Sep 6, 11:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis48 hr
Sep 6, 11:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXPerry, Sainte Genevieve9 days
Sep 6, 2:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLincoln66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.