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Flood Watch 10, NWS St. Louis, MO

August 13, 202415 counties in Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flood watch at Aug 13, 2024, 9:41 PM CDT for 15 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Aug 14, 2024, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2024, 9:41 PM CDT (02:41 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 14, 2024, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 14, 2024, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Flood severity
None

Counties Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Iron County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 265 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2024-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 82 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2024-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 199 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
82 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
951 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
438 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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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.