River Flood Warning 13, NWS St. Louis, MO

Issued

Feb 5, 2008, 10:32 PM CST (04:32 UTC)

In effect from

Feb 6, 2008, 11:30 AM CST

Expired

Feb 6, 2008, 8:44 PM CST

In force

9 hr

Issued by

NWS St. Louis, MO

Flood severity

Minor

County Brown County, IL

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:35 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.

Written for the forecast point La Moine River at Ripley (RIPI2). The gauge peaked at 18.90 ft at Feb 6, 2008, 1:00 AM CST.

Action stage

18 ft

Minor stage

22 ft

Moderate stage

23 ft

Major stage

27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05585000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

000 
WGUS43 KLSX 060432
FLWLSX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1032 PM CST TUE FEB 05 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS... 

  LA MOINE RIVER AT RIPLEY AFFECTING BROWN COUNTY

.THIS FLOOD WARNING IS A RESULT OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION 
THE PAST 24 HOURS AND ON AVERAGE 0.25 INCHES FORECAST 
IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS...

CONVECTIVE WEATHER AND STEADY HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED OVER THE LA MOINE
RIVER BASIN.  NEVERTHELESS LOCAL RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG AND NEAR THE BASIN 
SHOULD BE AWARE OF POSSIBLE FLOODING.

RESIDUAL HEAVY RAINS FROM THE PREVIOUS 12 TO 24 HOURS COULD CAUSE RIVER 
LEVELS TO RISE EVEN HIGHER THAN PREDICTED.

SAFETY MESSAGE...NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES 
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW FOR SAFE 
PASSAGE.

THIS PRODUCT ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND STREAM INFORMATION IS 
AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=LSX /LOWER 
CASE/

ILC009-070432-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FL.W.0013.080206T1730Z-080207T1836Z/
/RIPI2.1.ER.080206T1730Z.080206T1800Z.080206T1836Z.NO/
1032 PM CST TUE FEB 05 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE LA MOINE RIVER AT RIPLEY.
* FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING
  IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9:45 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.2 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 22.1 FEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY. 
* THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACT...AT 22.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE.  FARMLAND FLOODING AND RURAL 
  DAMAGES BEGIN.

$$

&&
                   FLD  LATEST              7AM FORECAST
LOCATION           STG  OBS STG   02/06  02/07  02/08  02/09  02/10

LA MOINE RIVER
  RIPLEY           22   16.2      20.9   18.9   12.4    7.9    7.1

000 
WGUS83 KLSX 070244
FLSLSX
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
844 PM CST WED FEB 06 2008

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
 
  LA MOINE RIVER AT RIPLEY AFFECTING BROWN COUNTY ILLINOIS

  NORTH RIVER AT PALMYRA AFFECTING MARION COUNTY MISSOURI

.THIS FLOOD WARNING IS A RESULT OF EXCESSIVE RAINS WITHIN THE 
RESPECTIVE BASINS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS WITH NO
PRECIPITATION ANTICIPATED IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THIS CONTINUING SITUATION 
AND ISSUE FOLLOW UP STATEMENTS AS CONDITIONS OR FORECASTS CHANGE.

SAFETY MESSAGE...NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES 
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW FOR SAFE 
PASSAGE.

THIS PRODUCT ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND STREAM INFORMATION IS 
AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=LSX /LOWER 
CASE/

ILC009-070314-
/O.CAN.KLSX.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080207T1836Z/
/RIPI2.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
844 PM CST WED FEB 06 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE LA MOINE RIVER AT RIPLEY.
* AT 7:45 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.2 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 18.5 FEET.  THE 
  RIVER WILL FALL TO 15.4 FEET BY FRIDAY.


$$

MOC127-070314-
/O.CAN.KLSX.FL.W.0010.000000T0000Z-080208T0120Z/
/PALM7.2.ER.080205T2318Z.080206T0730Z.080206T1501Z.NO/
844 PM CST WED FEB 06 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE NORTH RIVER AT PALMYRA.
* AT 7:30 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.5 FEET. 
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 9:01 AM WEDNESDAY.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 11.0 FEET BY FRIDAY 
  MORNING.


$$

&&
                   FLD  LATEST              7AM FORECAST
LOCATION           STG  OBS STG   02/07  02/08  02/09  02/10  02/11

LA MOINE RIVER
  RIPLEY           22   17.2      17.3   15.4   10.9    9.3    8.8

NORTH RIVER
  PALMYRA          16   12.5      11.5   11.0   10.8   10.6   10.5

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.