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River Flood Warning 195, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 3, 2008Saint Louis County, City of Saint Louis, Missouri; Saint Clair County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this river flood warning at Jun 3, 2008, 9:53 PM CDT for Saint Louis County, City of Saint Louis, Missouri; Saint Clair County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 7, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 33 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2008, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 7, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 9, 2008, 9:14 PM CDT
In force
33 days
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Saint Clair County, IL, City of Saint Louis, MO, Saint Louis County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at St. Louis (EADM7). The gauge peaked at 38.67 ft at Jun 30, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
28 ft
Minor stage
30 ft
Moderate stage
35 ft
Major stage
40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07010000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, 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 this river flood warning went out at Jun 3, 6:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 6:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
632 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

.DISCUSSION...
/420 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008/
THE MAIN CONCERNS OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS REVOLVE AROUND FLASH
FLOOD AND SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL. NEARLY SATURATED GROUND FROM
ALL OF THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER A WIDE
SWATH OF THE FA...THE VERY RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED
THIS MORNING OVER THE NRN AND NERN FA...AND MANY AREA RIVERS ARE
ALREADY NEAR BANKFULL OR IN FLOOD HAVE RAISED CONCERN LEVELS FOR
FLASH FLOODING. ADD TO THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAIN PRODUCING STORMS FROM TRAINING ALONG THE W-E ORIENTED LO
LEVEL BOUNDARY...AND RESULTING FFG VALUES OVER 6 HOURS ARE LESS
THAN 2 INCHES OVER A LARGE AREA OF THE FA. VERY RICH MOISTURE THRU
THE COLUMN WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HI EFFICIENCY RAIN SO HAVE ISSUED A
FFA FOR TONIGHT TO COVER THESE CONCERNS.

SEVERE WEATHER ALSO REMAINS A THREAT TONIGHT. BOUNDARY HAS BEEN LAID
OUT OVER THE NRN AND NERN FA FROM TWO MCS THAT WENT THRU THE AREA
THIS MORNING. THIS WILL BE ONE AREA OF FOCUS. BUT ANOTHER AREA HAS
TAKEN SHAPE IN ADVANCE OF A SHORTWAVE MOVING EWD...WITH DEVELOPMENT
OF CU FIELD OVER ERN KS AND WRN AND NRN MO. BETWEEN THESE TWO AREAS
FOR TSRA FOCUS...AND CONTINUED DE-STABILIZATION AS LI/S HAVE DROPPED
TO -10 OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...LOOK FOR NEW TSRA INITATION TO OCCUR
BY 22/23Z. DEGREE OF INSTABILITY IN THE AMS...LOOKING AT MID LEVEL
LAPSE RATES AND SHEAR...WILL ENABLE STORMS TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY TO
SEVERE LEVELS. SHEAR IS FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC STORMS EARLY ON.

WITH MID LEVEL FLOW BACKING FROM ZONAL TO SWLY BY THURSDAY...LOOK
FOR FRONTAL BOUNDARIES THAT COULD SERVE AS A FOCUS TO LARGELY SHIFT
THE ACTION NWD...LEAVING A SMALL QUIET PERIOD FOR OUR FA. THIS WILL
BE BROKEN WHEN A STRONG SHORTWAVE TAKES A SWIPE AT OUR FA LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD (FRIDAY NIGHT - TUESDAY)...MODELS ARE IN
REASONABLE AGREEMENT ON A PERISTENT SWLY MID LEVEL FLOW PATTERN THAT
WILL TAKE HOLD OVER THE MID MS VALLEY...WITH A STUBBORN H500 HI OVER
THE SERN CONUS AND A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES THAT WILL SEEK TO CUT INTO
THIS HI DURING THIS TIME. AT THE SURFACE...THIS WILL MAKE IT TOUGH
FOR ANY FRONTS TO MOVE INTO OUR AREA OR PERSIST FOR VERY LONG. THE
BEST CHANCE FOR A FRONTAL INTRUSION INTO OUR AREA WILL BE EARLY IN
THE PERIOD...FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...UNTIL MID LEVEL FLOW
BACKS MORE AND FORCES ANY FRONTS TO OUR N. HAVE THE BEST PCPN
CHANCES DURING FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...AND LIMIT ANY OTHER PCPN
CHANCES TO SLIGHT CHANCE UNTIL WE GET A BETTER HANDLE ON POSSIBLE
OUTFLOW EFFECTS FROM ANY MCS THAT MOVE THRU. SLY SFC WINDS WILL BE
DOMINANT DURING THIS PERIOD. THIS WILL MAINTAIN OUR ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES.

TES

&&

.AVIATION...
/628 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008/
FOR THE 00Z TAFS...INITIAL FOCUS FOR TSRA DEVELOPMENT WILL BE CU
FIELD OVER WRN MO AHEAD OF MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE...AND OLD OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY FROM THIS MORNING/S MCS THAT MOVED THRU OVER THE NRN/NERN
FA. HAVE PLACED THE INITIAL VCTS AND TEMPO TSRA MENTION OVER
KUIN/KCOU TERMINALS IN LIGHT OF THIS. HAVE DELAYED A LITTLE BIT
FOR KSTL/KSUS UNTIL CONVECTION HAS A CHANCE TO DEVELOP MORE AND
CONGEAL...AND LOOK FOR MAIN EPISODE THERE TO OCCUR TOWARD
MIDNIGHT. LOOK FOR MUCH OF THE CONVECTION TO BEGIN TO EXIT OR WIND
DOWN SOME TIME LATE TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...LOOK FOR SSW SFC WINDS TO
CONTINUE WITH VFR CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF TSRA. LIMITED TSRA MENTION
ON WEDNESDAY TO JUST THE KUIN TERMINAL AND A PROB30 DURING THE
AFTERNOON AT THAT.

TES

&&

.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR AUDRAIN-BOONE-
     CALLAWAY-COLE-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-JEFFERSON-KNOX-LEWIS-
     LINCOLN-MARION-MONITEAU-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-OSAGE-PIKE-RALLS-
     SHELBY-ST. CHARLES-ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-WARREN.

IL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ADAMS IL-BOND IL-
     BROWN IL-CALHOUN IL-CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-GREENE IL-JERSEY
     IL-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-MARION IL-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY IL-
     PIKE IL-ST. CLAIR IL-WASHINGTON IL.

&&

WFO LSX
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 4:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
420 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-041200-
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-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-KNOX-LEWIS-
SHELBY-MARION-MONROE-RALLS-PIKE-BOONE-AUDRAIN-MONITEAU-COLE-OSAGE-
CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY-LINCOLN-GASCONADE-WARREN-ST. CHARLES-FRANKLIN-
ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-WASHINGTON-
ST. FRANCOIS-STE. GENEVIEVE-IRON-MADISON-REYNOLDS-
420 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND
CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF
THE BI-STATE AREA INTO LATE THIS EVENING...ROUGHLY NORTH OF A
LINE FROM SPARTA ILLINOIS TO ROLLA MISSOURI. THERE IS A SLIGHT
RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA.
THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO
GOLF BALL SIZE...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND
EVEN STRONG TORNADOES. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON CONVECTIVE
WATCHES...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST STORM PREDICTION CENTER
WATCH PRODUCTS.

THE COMBINATION OF RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...RIVERS AT BANKFULL...
AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCING STORMS...A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION...PLEASE REFER TO THE WATCH PRODUCT.

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING FROM RIVERS IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS EXPECTED. SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD
STATEMENT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT LEAST EACH DAY THROUGH
FRIDAY.

LOOK FOR WINDY CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY...WITH SOUTH WINDS GUSTING
TO AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING FROM RIVERS IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS EXPECTED. SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD
STATEMENT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY FOR MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH LATE
EVENING. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER...
FLOODING...OR HEAVY RAINFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE)... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX/?N=HWO1

TES

In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jun 3, 9:08 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
908 PM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0907 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CLARENCE                39.74N  92.26W
06/03/2008                   SHELBY             MO   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            HIGHWAY 151 NORTH OF CLARENCE IS CLOSED DUE TO
            FLOODING...HIGHWAY N NORTH OF LENTNER IS CLOSED DUE TO
            FLOODING.

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00354

CVKING
Local storm report, Jun 3, 9:19 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
919 PM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0917 PM     TSTM WND GST     SHELBYVILLE             39.81N  92.04W
06/03/2008  E50 MPH          SHELBY             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO
            50 MPH REPORTED IN SHELBYVILLE.

0917 PM     HAIL             SHELBYVILLE             39.81N  92.04W
06/03/2008  E0.25 INCH       SHELBY             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO
            50 MPH REPORTED IN SHELBYVILLE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00355
EVENT NUMBER 00356

CVKING
Local storm report, Jun 3, 9:23 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
923 PM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0908 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 S LEONARD             39.87N  92.18W
06/03/2008                   SHELBY             MO   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00357

WB
Local storm report, Jun 3, 9:34 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
934 PM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0930 PM     TORNADO          2 E MICHAEL             39.24N  90.58W
06/03/2008                   GREENE             IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SPOTTED BY DEPUTY

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00358

TES
Local storm report, Jun 3, 9:51 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
951 PM CDT TUE JUN 03 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0949 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     5 S CARROLLTON          39.23N  90.41W
06/03/2008                   GREENE             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HEADING EAST 25 TO 30 MPH...SPOTTED ON US HIGHWAY 67

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00359

TES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox, Shelby47 min
Jun 3, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXKnox, Lewis, Marion, Shelby35 min
Jun 3, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Monroe, Shelby44 min
Jun 3, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXLincoln, Pike40 min
Jun 3, 8:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLincoln62 hr
Jun 3, 8:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXPike4 hr
Jun 3, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXLincoln, Pike32 min
Jun 3, 9:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXShelby6 hr
Jun 3, 10:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXMarion6 hr
Jun 3, 10:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXKnox6 hr
Jun 3, 11:10 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXPike50 min
Jun 4, 1:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCole, Moniteau4 hr
Jun 4, 1:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Cole, Moniteau26 min
Jun 4, 2:50 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXKnox, Marion, Shelby8 hr
Jun 4, 2:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson50 min
Jun 4, 8:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion27 hr
Jun 4, 10:41 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXKnox, Shelby12 hr
Jun 3, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXCalhoun, Greene, Pike49 min
Jun 3, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCalhoun, Greene, Pike48 min
Jun 3, 8:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXGreene, Jersey49 min
Jun 3, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXGreene, Macoupin38 min
Jun 3, 9:06 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCalhoun, Greene, Jersey39 min
Jun 3, 9:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXGreene, Jersey, Macoupin47 min
Jun 3, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMacoupin, Montgomery35 min
Jun 4, 12:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXPike6 hr
Jun 4, 3:11 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXMonroe, Randolph, Saint Clair34 min
Jun 4, 3:39 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXRandolph, Saint Clair, Washington21 min
Jun 4, 3:53 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXWashington28 min
Jun 4, 1:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFayette14 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2008River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2008Every river flood warning in 2008

Sources

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.