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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2019, 7:59 PM CDT for Adams 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
- May 29, 2019, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2019, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Adams County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 614 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted.
527 WGUS53 KLSX 300059 FFWLSX ILC001-300700- /O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0013.190530T0059Z-190530T0700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service St Louis MO 759 PM CDT Wed May 29 2019 The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northern Adams County in west central Illinois... * Until 200 AM CDT Thursday. * At 759 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Camp Point, Mendon, Golden, Ursa, Loraine, Woodville, Lima, Coatsburg, Columbus, La Prairie, Paloma, Fowler and Chatton. This includes Interstate 172 near exit 19. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 4019 9100 3999 9100 3999 9139 4020 9140 $$ Walsh
1 follow-up statement
926 WGUS73 KLSX 300653 FFSLSX Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service St Louis MO 153 AM CDT Thu May 30 2019 ILC001-300703- /O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190530T0700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Adams IL- 153 AM CDT Thu May 30 2019 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 200 AM CDT... The heavy rain has ended. Local law enforcement reports that the flash flooding waters have receded. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 4019 9100 3999 9100 3999 9139 4020 9140 $$ Carney
The office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Montgomery | 47 min |
| May 30, 12:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LSX | Pike | 3 hr |
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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.