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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 10, 2018Fayette County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2018, 6:42 PM CDT for Fayette County, Illinois. 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
Jun 10, 2018, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2018, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Fayette County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2018-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 585 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2018-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 362 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
585 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
611 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
362 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
382 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.2

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The text

As transmitted.

219 
WGUS53 KLSX 102342
FFWLSX
ILC051-110545-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0009.180610T2342Z-180611T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
642 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Fayette County in south central Illinois...

* Until 1245 AM CDT Monday.

* At 642 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...
  Wrights Corner.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3911 8881 3911 8903 3921 8903 3922 8884
      3922 8881

$$

Tilly
1 follow-up statement
007 
WGUS73 KLSX 110258
FFSLSX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
958 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018

ILC051-110545-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-180611T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Fayette IL-
958 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY...

At 954 PM CDT, three to five inches of rain has fallen across the 
warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin soon if not already 
underway.

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Wrights Corner.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3911 8881 3911 8903 3921 8903 3922 8884
      3922 8881

$$

Tilly

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 1:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXMontgomery46 min
Jun 10, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette28 min
Jun 10, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXAdams36 min
Jun 10, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAdams24 min
Jun 10, 4:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXMontgomery28 min
Jun 10, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXFayette22 min
Jun 10, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAdams, Brown29 min

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.