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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS St. Louis, MO

October 24, 2021Brown County, Pike County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Oct 24, 2021, 5:14 PM CDT for Brown County, Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 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
Oct 24, 2021, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 2021, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Brown County, IL, Pike County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 12:00Z on 2021-10-24Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2021-10-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

749 
WGUS53 KLSX 242214
FFWLSX
ILC009-149-250215-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0044.211024T2214Z-211025T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
514 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern Brown County in west central Illinois...
  Northeastern Pike County in west central Illinois...

* Until 915 PM CDT.

* At 514 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. The expected rainfall rate is 1 
  to 2 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 
  inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing 
  or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  La Grange, Versailles, Perry, Chambersburg, Coopertown and 
  Fishhook.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law 
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National 
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3988 9092 4000 9060 3999 9061 3998 9061
      3998 9059 3998 9057 3998 9052 3999 9053
      3998 9051 3997 9051 3995 9053 3992 9054
      3990 9055 3989 9057 3988 9058 3985 9058
      3983 9057 3979 9060 3974 9062 3976 9092

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

$$

Gosselin
2 follow-up statements
062 
WGUS73 KLSX 250025
FFSLSX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
725 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021

ILC009-149-250215-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-211025T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Brown IL-Pike IL-
725 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT THIS 
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN BROWN AND NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTIES IN WEST 
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

At 725 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy 
rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected 
to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
         highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
         drainage and low-lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  La Grange, Versailles, Perry, Chambersburg, Coopertown and 
  Fishhook.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law 
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National 
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3988 9092 4000 9060 3999 9061 3998 9061
      3998 9059 3998 9057 3998 9052 3999 9053
      3998 9051 3997 9051 3995 9053 3992 9054
      3990 9055 3989 9057 3988 9058 3985 9058
      3983 9057 3979 9060 3974 9062 3976 9092

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Gosselin
633 
WGUS73 KLSX 250213
FFSLSX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
913 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021

ILC009-149-250223-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-211025T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Brown IL-Pike IL-
913 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR 
SOUTHERN BROWN AND NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL 
ILLINOIS...

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

LAT...LON 3988 9092 4000 9060 3999 9061 3998 9061
      3998 9059 3998 9057 3998 9052 3999 9053
      3998 9051 3997 9051 3995 9053 3992 9054
      3990 9055 3989 9057 3988 9058 3985 9058
      3983 9057 3979 9060 3974 9062 3976 9092

$$

Gosselin

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 4:17 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXAdams, Brown6 hr
Oct 24, 4:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAdams2 hr
Oct 24, 4:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAdams, Brown4 hr
Oct 24, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXPike41 min
Oct 24, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCalhoun, Greene, Pike43 min

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.