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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 22, 20195 counties in Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2019, 6:53 AM CDT for 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 reports 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
Jun 22, 2019, 6:53 AM CDT (11:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:55 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
Jun 22, 7:30 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.811 Nnw Mexico, MOSINCE MIDNIGHT.
Jun 22, 7:41 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.881 Nnw Mexico, MO24 HOUR ACCUMULATION.
Jun 22, 8:00 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.574 Sw Middletown, MO24 HOUR ACCUMULATION.
Jun 22, 8:20 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 Nw Mexico, MOMULTIPLE ROADS UNDERWATER THROUGHOUT COUNTY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 288 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 00:00Z on 2019-06-22Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2019-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
442 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

128 
WGUS53 KLSX 221153
FFWLSX
MOC007-019-027-137-139-221800-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0021.190622T1153Z-190622T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
653 AM CDT Sat Jun 22 2019

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Boone County in central Missouri...
  Audrain County in central Missouri...
  Northern Montgomery County in east central Missouri...
  Northeastern Callaway County in central Missouri...
  Southwestern Monroe County in northeastern Missouri...

* Until 100 PM CDT Saturday.

* At 653 AM 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...
  Mexico, Centralia, Montgomery City, Wellsville, Sturgeon, Madison,
  Laddonia, Bellflower, Martinsburg, Buell, Middletown, Rush Hill,
  Benton City, Vandiver and Thompson.

This also includes Union Covered Bridge Historic Site.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3956 9230 3914 9141 3914 9138 3911 9126
      3892 9126 3910 9210 3925 9231

$$

Tilly
1 follow-up statement
733 
WGUS73 KLSX 221518
FFSLSX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
1018 AM CDT Sat Jun 22 2019

MOC007-019-027-137-139-221800-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-190622T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Boone MO-Audrain MO-Montgomery MO-Callaway MO-Monroe MO-
1018 AM CDT Sat Jun 22 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BOONE...AUDRAIN...NORTHERN MONTGOMERY...NORTHEASTERN
CALLAWAY AND SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES...

At 1015 AM CDT, emergency management reported multiple roads flooded 
due to heavy rain and thunderstorms over Audrain County this 
morning. Up to four inches of rain have already fallen. Flash 
flooding is expected to continue.

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Mexico, Centralia, Montgomery City, Wellsville, Sturgeon, Madison,
Laddonia, Bellflower, Martinsburg, Buell, Middletown, Rush Hill,
Benton City, Vandiver and Thompson.

This also includes Union Covered Bridge Historic Site.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3956 9230 3914 9141 3914 9138 3911 9126
      3892 9126 3910 9210 3925 9231

$$

Walsh

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 12:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXShelby31 min
Jun 22, 6:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXAudrain119 min
Jun 22, 9:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLSXCity of Saint Louis28 min
Jun 22, 9:08 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXJefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis3 hr
Jun 22, 9:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery, Warren6 hr
Jun 22, 9:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Gasconade, Moniteau, Osage6 hr
Jun 22, 10:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXBoone3 hr
Jun 22, 3:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Knox, Lewis and 8 more23 hr
Jun 22, 3:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLincoln22 hr
Jun 22, 3:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLewis4 days
Jun 22, 5:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLewis4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.