Several storms dumped up to 4 inches of rain over portions of Montgomery County Illinois.
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The episode as NWS LSX wrote it up.
Several storms dumped up to 4 inches of rain over portions of Montgomery County Illinois.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 4, 4:48 AM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...Updated Aviation National Weather Service Saint Louis MO 548 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016 .SHORT TERM... (Through Late This Afternoon) Issued at 311 AM CDT Sat Jun 4 2016 Line of showers and thunderstorms along and just ahead of cold front extending from southeastern Iowa to Kirksville then southwest towards southern portions of KC metro area, is moving into more stable air/lower CAPES, so will continue to see a weakening trend through daybreak. Otherwise, still seeing scattered showers developing to the south and east of STL as of 08z. Do expect instability to increase by late this morning mainly south and east of the metro area with showers and storms to increase in coverage. Another normal or just a bit below normal day due to cloud cover and precipitation. Will see highs in the mid 70s to low 80s. Byrd .LONG TERM... (Tonight through Friday) Issued at 311 AM CDT Sat Jun 4 2016 Frontal boundary to exit forecast area this evening with precipitation coming to an end by 06z Sunday. It will be dry for the rest of the weekend. By Monday, a decent upper level trof will slide southeast through region. Could see some scattered showers/isolated thunderstorms with this feature. Best chances will be along and east of the Mississippi River. Beyond that, rest of forecast looks to be dry except for some isolated activity over eastern portions of forecast area due to active northwest flow Thursday through Friday. Otherwise, near normal temps through midweek, then warm up into the mid to upper 80s for rest of forecast period. Byrd && .AVIATION... (For the 12z TAFs through 12z Sunday Morning) Issued at 539 AM CDT Sat Jun 4 2016 Periods of MVFR ceilings and visibilities in showers will persist at KCOU and in the KSTL metro TAF sites until around 16Z Saturday. Showers will likely move east of the metro by 16Z leaving a few hours of MVFR ceilings...then clearing skies this afternoon. KUIN will see VFR conditions for the duration of this TAF period. Winds will become west and remain relatively light at all sights through tonight. Specifics for KSTL: MVFR ceilings and visibilities in showers will continue until around 16Z. MVFR ceilings should begin to clear by around 18Z...with VFR conditions expected thereafter. Light winds early will become westerly by late morning...then increase to around 12 knots by 15Z Sunday. Browning && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Saint Louis 79 62 79 63 / 60 30 5 5 Quincy 81 59 79 61 / 40 10 5 5 Columbia 81 59 79 60 / 60 5 5 5 Jefferson City 82 60 80 60 / 60 10 5 5 Salem 76 61 77 61 / 90 40 10 5 Farmington 75 59 78 57 / 90 30 5 5 && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...None. IL...None. && WFO LSX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 341 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-051200- 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 IL-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- 341 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. BYRD
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:31 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Up to four inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded, including Illinois Route 16 on the northeast side of Nokomis. Two to three feet of water covered the roadway in this location.
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