Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS St. Louis, MO

242 
WGUS73 KLSX 260951
FFSLSX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
451 AM CDT Tue Jul 26 2022

ILC005-051-121-135-261415-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-220726T1415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Bond IL-Fayette IL-Marion IL-Montgomery IL-
451 AM CDT Tue Jul 26 2022

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT THIS 
MORNING FOR BOND, FAYETTE, NORTHERN MARION AND SOUTHWESTERN 
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

At 451 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy 
rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have 
fallen. 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...
  Vandalia, Greenville, St. Elmo, Kinmundy, Pocahontas, Brownstown, 
  Mulberry Grove, Patoka, Tamalco, Farina, Omega, Sorento, Beaver 
  Creek, Shobonier, Van Burensburg, Woburn, Reno, Stephen Forbes 
  Station, Avena and Pleasant Mound.

This includes the following highways...
	Interstate 70 in Illinois between exits 36 and 76.
	Interstate 57 in Illinois between exits 127 and 135.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

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LAT...LON 3909 8965 3903 8881 3891 8881 3891 8869
      3870 8870 3875 8960 3887 8960 3888 8963

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Britt

200 
WGUS73 KLSX 261414
FFSLSX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
914 AM CDT Tue Jul 26 2022

ILC005-051-121-135-261424-
/O.EXP.KLSX.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-220726T1415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Bond IL-Fayette IL-Marion IL-Montgomery IL-
914 AM CDT Tue Jul 26 2022

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 915 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR 
BOND, FAYETTE, NORTHERN MARION AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

Flood waters have receded. The heavy rain has ended. Flash flooding 
is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed 
remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3909 8965 3903 8881 3891 8881 3891 8869
      3870 8870 3875 8960 3887 8960 3888 8963

$$

Pfahler

Area Forecast Discussion...Updated Aviation
National Weather Service Saint Louis MO
1059 PM CDT Mon Jul 25 2022

.UPDATE...
Issued at 803 PM CDT Mon Jul 25 2022

The flash flood watch that covers our northern counties has been
extended further south. Yesterday's cold front that moved through
the CWA into southern Missouri was forecast to return north as a
warm front. According to surface analysis and radar data, we can see
that the front is remaining fairly stationary if not moving south
over southern Missouri. Deterministic guidance has picked up on
this, with the RAP and NBM pulling their heaviest QPF further south.
Although the axis of heaviest precipitation may be further south
than expected, the highest risk of heavy rain still lies in the
northern CWA, north of I-70 in Missouri and I-64 in Illinois. This
is where the best moisture convergence will be overnight, on the
nose of a low level jet that will set up in central and east-central
Missouri. The low level jet will help provide additional lift in
tandem with the isentropic ascent from the front. As convection
initiates along the nose of the jet, it will travel east-southeast
across Missouri and west-central Illinois in a line extending from
roughly Moberly, MO to Vandalia, IL. Isentropic ascent will play a
large role in the heaviest corridor of precipitation tonight, and
with the front behaving differently than forecast, the flood watch
had to be amended to accommodate these changes.

Jaja

&&

.SHORT TERM...  (Through Late Tuesday Night)
Issued at 245 PM CDT Mon Jul 25 2022

Morning activity continues to weaken as it slides eastward through
the region. The main forecast issue in the short term is the
increasing chances of showers and storms tonight as a complex
develops over southeastern NE/northeastern KS/northwestern MO and
slides east across northern half of Missouri.

Early tonight the stalled frontal boundary just south of the
Missouri/Arkansas border will begin to slowly lift northward as a
warm front. In the meantime, a low level jet will develop and veer
to the southwest increasing to around 40 to 45kts. With PWATS in
excess of 2 inches and increasing WAA as well as isentropic ascent
due to the low level jet, expect very efficient rainfall rates with
showers and storms that develop on the nose of the LLJ over
northwestern Missouri and slide eastward north of the front. A
majority of the latest CAMs have ever so slightly shifted the main
core of showers and storms a bit further south, but still along
and north of the I-70 corridor. Also, the highest axis of qpf
extends from Monroe County MO southeastward to Fayette County IL
with between one and three inches in this area, though locally
higher amounts are possible. So will add one more row of counties
on the southern edge to the Flood Watch.

As for any severe storms, with the frontal boundary to the south of
the complex and weak elevated instability, do not anticipate any
severe storms at this time, so we will not be messaging this.

On Tuesday, the complex will exit by midday. However, scattered
activity is still possible due to lingering outflow boundaries and
the front.

Temperatures through the short term will remain near normal with
lows in the low 60s to low 70s tonight and in the mid 60s to mid 70s
Tuesday night. Meanwhile, highs on Tuesday will depend on location
of the front, cloud cover and precipitation, so for now highs
will range from around 80 far north to the upper 90s far south.

Byrd

.LONG TERM...  (Wednesday through Next Monday)
Issued at 245 PM CDT Mon Jul 25 2022

Active pattern will persist through the rest of the work week with
several rounds of showers and storms. On Wednesday a more vigorous
shortwave will slide through the region with the best chances of
showers and storms Wednesday night through Thursday, mainly along
and south of I-70.

Even though the weekend looks dry, at least on Saturday, the latest
ECMWF as well as ensembles are indicating rain chances returning to
the region by Sunday. For now stuck with the NBM solution with
chance POPs Sunday through Monday.

Byrd

&&

.AVIATION...  (For the 06z TAFs through 06z Tuesday Night)
Issued at 1059 PM CDT Mon Jul 25 2022

Showers and thunderstorms have developed over central Missouri and
are moving northeast through central and east-central Missouri. As
the low level jet ramps up tonight and provides additional forcing
for precipitation, this convection is expected to continue through
the overnight hours and into Tuesday morning. All terminals are
forecast to be impacted by at least showers by morning, with KUIN,
KCOU, KSUS, and KSTL with TEMPO groups for thunder. KJEF and KCPS
were left out of this because of their positions south of where
thunderstorms are expected to flourish. The best chance to see heavy
rain and thunderstorms is early morning Tuesday, with mention of
showers being taken out of the TAFs by late morning/early
afternoon.

Jaja

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Saint Louis     67  89  75  90 /  90  70  50  50
Quincy          63  80  69  84 /  90  60  40  40
Columbia        66  92  71  89 /  70  40  60  50
Jefferson City  69  93  72  90 /  50  40  60  40
Salem           66  86  73  87 /  90  90  50  60
Farmington      70  94  73  91 /  30  30  40  60

&&

.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...IL...&&

WFO LSX

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service St Louis MO
259 PM CDT Mon Jul 25 2022

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-261200-
Greene IL-Macoupin IL-Montgomery IL-Bond IL-Fayette IL-Clinton IL-
Marion IL-Washington IL-Randolph IL-Adams IL-Brown IL-Pike IL-
Calhoun IL-Jersey IL-Madison IL-Saint Clair-Monroe IL-Knox MO-
Lewis MO-Shelby MO-Marion MO-Monroe MO-Ralls MO-Pike MO-Boone MO-
Audrain MO-Moniteau MO-Cole MO-Osage MO-Callaway MO-Montgomery MO-
Lincoln MO-Gasconade MO-Warren MO-Saint Charles MO-Franklin MO-
Saint Louis MO-Saint Louis City MO-Jefferson MO-Crawford MO-
Washington MO-Saint Francois MO-Sainte Genevieve MO-Iron MO-
Madison MO-Reynolds MO-
259 PM CDT Mon Jul 25 2022

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Thunderstorms are likely tonight, including the potential for very
heavy rainfall and flooding. This threat is highest across sections
of northeast Missouri into west-central Illinois, where a flash flood
watch is in effect from 10PM this evening through 9AM Tuesday.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

There is a chance of thunderstorms over parts of the area each day.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report rainfall amounts in excess of an
inch or any flooding, if observed, to the National Weather
Service.

Byrd

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
233 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0209 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 NW CREVE COEUR        38.67N 90.45W
07/26/2022  M4.07 INCH       ST. LOUIS          MO   PUBLIC

            RAINFALL THUS FAR VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

&&

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
257 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0237 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 WSW WELDON SPRING     38.71N 90.68W
07/26/2022  M3.58 INCH       ST. CHARLES        MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

            RAINFALL THUS FAR.

&&

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
259 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0247 AM     HEAVY RAIN       SAINT PETERS            38.78N 90.60W
07/26/2022  M5.13 INCH       ST. CHARLES        MO   AMATEUR RADIO

            RAINFALL THUS FAR.

&&

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
300 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 SSE SAINT PAUL        38.84N 90.73W
07/26/2022  M6.50 INCH       ST. CHARLES        MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            RAINFALL THUS FAR.

&&

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
304 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0303 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 NE O'FALLON           38.79N 90.70W
07/26/2022  M7.15 INCH       ST. CHARLES        MO   PUBLIC

            STORM TOTAL THUS FAR.

&&

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
308 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0307 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 W LADUE               38.64N 90.40W
07/26/2022                   ST. LOUIS          MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DEER CREEK FLOODING AND THREATENING HOUSES
            NEAR WARSON ROAD AND FOXBORO ROAD.

&&