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Areal Flood Advisory 95, NWS St. Louis, MO

September 15, 2021Iron County, Madison County, Saint Francois County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this areal flood advisory at Sep 15, 2021, 7:42 AM CDT for Iron County, Madison County, Saint Francois County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 15, 2021, 7:42 AM CDT (12:42 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2021, 10:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Iron County, MO, Madison County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:43 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 302 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 2021-09-15Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2021-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -64 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Sep 14, 6:07 PM CDT, 13 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 6:07 PM CDT, 13 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 14, 3:21 PM CDT, 16 hours 21 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Saint Louis MO
321 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021

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034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-152030-
Adams IL-Audrain MO-Bond IL-Boone MO-Brown IL-Calhoun IL-Callaway MO-
Clinton IL-Cole MO-Crawford MO-Fayette IL-Franklin MO-Gasconade MO-
Greene IL-Iron MO-Jefferson MO-Jersey IL-Knox MO-Lewis MO-Lincoln MO-
Macoupin IL-Madison IL-Madison MO-Marion IL-Marion MO-Moniteau MO-
Monroe IL-Monroe MO-Montgomery IL-Montgomery MO-Osage MO-Pike IL-
Pike MO-Ralls MO-Randolph IL-Reynolds MO-Saint Charles MO-
Saint Clair-Saint Francois MO-Saint Louis City MO-Saint Louis MO-
Sainte Genevieve MO-Shelby MO-Warren MO-Washington IL-Washington MO-
321 PM CDT Tue Sep 14 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of eastern and
central Missouri as well as west central and southwest Illinois.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected. Isolated severe storms are
possible late this afternoon and this evening with damaging winds
the primary threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

There is a slight chance of thunderstorms on Wednesday across
southeast Missouri and southwest Illinois. There is also a slight
chance of thunderstorms Friday through Monday across southeast
Missouri and southwest Illinois, mainly during the afternoon hours.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed late this afternoon and this
evening. Spotters are encouraged to report any severe weather, if
observed, to the National Weather Service.

GKS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 4:20 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXSainte Genevieve3 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in Missouri, 2021Every areal flood advisory in 2021

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.