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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 27, 2020Fayette County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Mar 27, 2020, 4:11 AM CDT for Fayette County, Illinois. 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
Mar 27, 2020, 4:11 AM CDT (09:11 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2020, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Fayette County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:11 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 00:00Z on 2020-03-27Temperature 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2020-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 215 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
92 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
430 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

934 
WGUS53 KLSX 270911
FFWLSX
ILC051-271215-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0003.200327T0911Z-200327T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
411 AM CDT Fri Mar 27 2020

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

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

* Until 715 AM CDT.

* At 411 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have
  already fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, 
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other 
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Vandalia, Brownstown, Farina, Shobonier, La Clede, Pittsburg, St.
  Peter, Loogootee, St. James, St. Paul and Hagerstown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3883 8870 3882 8925 3897 8925 3900 8881
      3891 8881 3891 8870 3884 8869

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

Glass
1 follow-up statement
978 
WGUS73 KLSX 271213
FFSLSX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
713 AM CDT Fri Mar 27 2020

ILC051-271223-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200327T1215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Fayette IL-
713 AM CDT Fri Mar 27 2020

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
715 AM CDT...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3883 8870 3882 8925 3897 8925 3900 8881
      3891 8881 3891 8870 3884 8869

$$

GKS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 2:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Jersey, Madison54 min
Mar 27, 3:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Fayette, Marion59 min
Mar 27, 3:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXClinton, Madison, Marion44 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2020Every flash flood warning in 2020

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.