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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS St. Louis, MO

September 7, 2018Crawford County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 7, 2018, 6:33 PM CDT for Crawford County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 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
Sep 7, 2018, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2018, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Crawford County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 7, 7:30 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 0.99Cuba, MO

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 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 246 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 12:00Z on 2018-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 619 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2018-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
619 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

108 
WGUS53 KLSX 072333
FFWLSX
MOC055-080530-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0039.180907T2333Z-180908T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
633 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2018

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Crawford County in east central Missouri...

* Until 1230 AM CDT.

* At 633 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...
  Sullivan, Cuba, Steelville, Bourbon, Leasburg, Cherryville, St.
  Cloud, Cook Station, Davisville, Oak Hill and Rosati.

This includes Interstate 44 in Missouri between exits 203 and 218.
 
This also includes  Onondaga Cave State Park.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.

&&

LAT...LON 3779 9153 3821 9153 3820 9110 3779 9110

$$

Tilly
1 follow-up statement
896 
WGUS73 KLSX 080528
FFSLSX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
1228 AM CDT SAT SEP 8 2018

MOC055-080535-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-180908T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Crawford MO-
1228 AM CDT SAT SEP 8 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 AM
CDT...

Heavier rain that impacted this location earlier this evening has 
moved out of the warned area. Coordination with Central Dispatch 
revealed no additional flooding has been reported. Rainfall will 
continue to impact the area tonight. Please continue to heed any 
remaining road closures and report flooding to local authorities.

LAT...LON 3779 9153 3821 9153 3820 9110 3779 9110

$$

Maples

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 9:01 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion4 days
Sep 6, 10:20 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLewis6 days
Sep 7, 5:10 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLewis4 days
Sep 7, 10:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXLewis3 hr
Sep 7, 6:01 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion30 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.