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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 13, 2022Montgomery County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2022, 7:10 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2022, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2022, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Montgomery County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 13, 8:00 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD4 Sse Bellflower, MOMONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY E WAS FLOODED BETWEEN JONESBURG AND BELLFLOWER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 264 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 2022-05-14Temperature 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 2022-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2909 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

829 
WGUS53 KLSX 140010
FFWLSX
MOC139-140300-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0003.220514T0010Z-220514T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
710 PM CDT Fri May 13 2022

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  East Central Montgomery County in east central Missouri...

* Until 1000 PM CDT.

* At 710 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain 
  has 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...
  Jonesburg and Bellflower.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3900 9126 3900 9127 3887 9127 3885 9133
      3888 9136 3895 9138 3903 9134 3908 9131
      3908 9126 3907 9126 3904 9126 3903 9126

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Fuchs
1 follow-up statement
709 
WGUS53 KLSX 140251
FFWLSX
MOC139-140500-
/O.EXT.KLSX.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-220514T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
951 PM CDT Fri May 13 2022

The National Weather Service in St Louis has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  East Central Montgomery County in east central Missouri...

* Until midnight CDT.

* At 951 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain 
  has 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...
  Jonesburg and Bellflower.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3900 9126 3900 9127 3887 9127 3885 9133
      3888 9136 3895 9138 3903 9134 3908 9131
      3908 9126 3907 9126 3904 9126 3903 9126

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Fuchs

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery31 min
May 13, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain25 min
May 13, 7:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXPike, Ralls118 min
May 13, 8:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXLincoln, Warren4 hr
May 13, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Gasconade, Montgomery, Warren43 min
May 13, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCallaway, Montgomery39 min
May 14, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCrawford16 min
May 14, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin25 min
May 14, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin44 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.