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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 13, 2022Pike County, Ralls County, Missouri; Pike County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2022, 7:59 PM CDT for Pike County, Ralls County, Missouri; Pike County, Illinois. It was in force for 118 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2022, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2022, 9:57 PM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Pike County, IL, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 227 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.

274 
WGUS53 KLSX 140059
FFWLSX
ILC149-MOC163-173-140500-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0004.220514T0059Z-220514T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Pike County in west central Illinois...
  Northwestern Pike County in northeastern Missouri...
  East Central Ralls County in northeastern Missouri...

* Until midnight CDT.

* At 759 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 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...
  Barry, Frankford, Hull, New Canton, Kinderhook, El Dara, Ashburn 
  and Rockport.

This includes the following highways...
	Interstate 72 between exits 10 and 20.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3957 9133 3964 9124 3975 9123 3975 9110
      3972 9107 3967 9092 3957 9093 3948 9115
      3948 9134

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Fuchs
1 follow-up statement
771 
WGUS73 KLSX 140257
FFSLSX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
957 PM CDT Fri May 13 2022

ILC149-MOC163-173-140307-
/O.CAN.KLSX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-220514T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Pike IL-Pike MO-Ralls MO-
957 PM CDT Fri May 13 2022

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN 
WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHWESTERN PIKE AND EAST CENTRAL RALLS 
COUNTIES IN NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI...

Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to 
heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3957 9133 3964 9124 3975 9123 3975 9110
      3972 9107 3967 9092 3957 9093 3948 9115
      3948 9134

$$

Fuchs

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 7:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMontgomery5 hr
May 13, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMontgomery31 min
May 13, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXAudrain25 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

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.