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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 20, 2021Audrain County, Boone County, Monroe County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this areal flood warning at Jun 20, 2021, 2:13 AM CDT for Audrain County, Boone County, Monroe County, Missouri. 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
Jun 20, 2021, 2:13 AM CDT (07:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2021, 5:38 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Monroe County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:16 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 293 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 2021-06-20Temperature 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 2021-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
2652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

060 
WGUS43 KLSX 200713
FLWLSX

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
213 AM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

MOC007-019-137-201315-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FA.W.0002.210620T0713Z-210620T1315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Audrain MO-Boone MO-Monroe MO-
213 AM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Flood Warning for...
  Audrain County in central Missouri...
  Northeastern Boone County in central Missouri...
  Southwestern Monroe County in northeastern Missouri...

* Until 815 AM CDT Sunday.

* At 213 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to 
  thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing in the warned area. Between 2 
  and 4 inches of rain have fallen.

Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned 
area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3925 9231 3944 9231 3934 9172 3932 9172
      3931 9155 3915 9161 3915 9163 3906 9164
      3906 9180 3916 9248 3925 9243

$$

MRM
1 follow-up statement
602 
WGUS83 KLSX 201038
FLSLSX

Flood Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
538 AM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

MOC007-019-137-201048-
/O.CAN.KLSX.FA.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210620T1315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Audrain MO-Boone MO-Monroe MO-
538 AM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR AUDRAIN AND NORTHEASTERN BOONE 
COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN 
NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...

Law enforcement has reported that flood waters have receded. The 
heavy rain has ended and flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3925 9231 3944 9231 3934 9172 3932 9172
      3931 9155 3915 9161 3915 9163 3906 9164
      3906 9180 3916 9248 3925 9243

$$

MRM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike48 min
Jun 19, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Saint Charles44 min
Jun 19, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis21 min
Jun 19, 8:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Monroe6 hr
Jun 19, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway42 min
Jun 19, 11:49 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXMarion, Pike, Ralls11 hr
Jun 20, 1:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXBoone5 hr

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.