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River Flood Warning 223, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 8, 2008Marion County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this river flood warning at Jul 8, 2008, 8:41 PM CDT for Marion County, Missouri. It took effect at Jul 8, 2008, 9:37 PM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 8, 2008, 8:41 PM CDT (01:41 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 8, 2008, 9:37 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 9, 2008, 11:56 AM CDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Flood severity: Minor

County Marion County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point North River (MO) at Palmyra (PALM7). The gauge peaked at 16.11 ft at Jul 9, 2008, 3:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05501000, 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 Jul 8, 2:47 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:47 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
247 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

.DISCUSSION...
/243 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008/
COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST IA ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF
MO INTO SOUTHWEST KS THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT FRONT TO SAG
SOUTHEASTWARD TONIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY AND STALL OUT TO OUR
SOUTHEAST. CONVECTION WAS INCREASING/ADVECTING INTO THE FORECAST
AREA. LAPS DATA INDICATED THE HIGHEST CAPES WERE LOCATED OVER
CENTRAL MO WITH LI-S OF -5.

SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE IS FORECAST IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT WITH
KS IN THE MID 30S TO AROUND 40 LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TONIGHT VICINITY OF THE FRONT AS IT MOVES SLOWLY
SOUTHEASTWARD. FLASH FLOOD WATCH ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL AND
EAST CENTRAL MO FOR TONIGHT.

MODELS ARE SIMILAR IN FORECASTING THAT DRIER AIR WILL ADVECT INTO
THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. EXPECT THE CONVECTION WILL BE ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY.

THE HEAT WAVE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED FOR LATE IN THE WEEK AND
OVER THE WEEKEND HAS BEEN CUT SHORT. THE ECMWF AND GFS FORECAST
ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. LARGE
HIGH WILL PUSH INTO THE MIDWEST BEHIND THE FRONT.

TPS
&&

.AVIATION...
/1245 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008/
FOR THE 18Z TAFS...RATHER COMPLICATED FORECAST FOR THIS TAF
PACKAGE. LATEST RADAR TRENDS WOULD INDICATE THAT ONGOING
CONVECTION ACROSS SW MO AND ERN KS WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE ENE
INTO CENTRAL AND ERN MO THIS AFTERNOON. WITH AIRMASS DESTABILIZING
AHEAD OF THIS AREA OF CONVECTION...TSRA MAY DEVELOP AND AFFECT
SITES EARLIER THAN TEMPOS IN FORECAST BUT THE GENERAL TREND SHUD
BE CORRECT. WITH THE COLD FRONT STILL IN NRN IA...EXPECT CONVECTION
TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF A PREFRONTAL TROF LATER THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SWD THIS EVE AND
AFFECT COU...STL AND SUS AROUND MIDNIGHT. BEHIND THE FRONT...WINDS
WILL BECOME NLY AND CIGS WILL LIFT LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
MORNING.

TILLY

&&

.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR BOONE-CALLAWAY-
     COLE-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-MONITEAU-OSAGE-WASHINGTON.

IL...NONE.
&&

WFO LSX

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 3:19 PM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
319 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-091215-
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-
319 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY SOUTH
ACROSS THE MIDWEST. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
IS ALSO LIKELY.

MODERATE RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PARTS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD STATEMENT FOR
SPECIFIC DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
70 AS THE COLD FRONT SLOWLY PUSHES SOUTH OF THE AREA.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT
AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION.
ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS IN THE FORECAST FOR MONDAY.

MODERATE RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PARTS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD STATEMENT FOR
SPECIFIC DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 8, 4:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
457 PM CDT TUE JUL 08 2008

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

0428 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NW MEXICO             39.22N  91.94W
07/08/2008                   AUDRAIN            MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOCKING HIGHWAY 15 NORTH OF MEXICO MO

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00640

PRZYBYLINSKI

Local storm report, Jul 8, 5:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
501 PM CDT TUE JUL 08 2008

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

0500 PM     HEAVY RAIN       GRIGGSVILLE             39.71N  90.73W
07/08/2008  M1.55 INCH       PIKE               IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            SINCE 330 PM CDT

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00641

TES

Local storm report, Jul 8, 5:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
509 PM CDT TUE JUL 08 2008

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

0438 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ROODHOUSE               39.48N  90.37W
07/08/2008                   GREENE             IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE TOWN OF ROODHOUSE AND
            AREAS EAST OF ROODHOUSE

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00642

PRZYBYLINSKI

Local storm report, Jul 8, 5:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
522 PM CDT TUE JUL 08 2008

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

0515 PM     HEAVY RAIN       BURTON                  39.90N  91.25W
07/08/2008  M4.10 INCH       ADAMS              IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TOTAL AMOUNT SINCE MIDNIGHT.

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00643

SIPPRELL

Local storm report, Jul 8, 5:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
557 PM CDT TUE JUL 08 2008

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

0556 PM     HEAVY RAIN       BOWLING GREEN           39.34N  91.20W
07/08/2008  M1.90 INCH       PIKE               MO   CO-OP OBSERVER

            TOTAL AMOUNT SINCE 7 AM ... 1.5 INCHES OF WHICH FELL IN
            THE LAST 20 MINUTES PRIOR TO TIME OF REPORT.

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00644

SIPPRELL

Local storm report, Jul 8, 6:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
604 PM CDT TUE JUL 08 2008

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

0602 PM     FLASH FLOOD      HANNIBAL                39.71N  91.38W
07/08/2008                   MARION             MO   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            LOCALIZED FLOODING OVER MANY AREAS OF RALLS AND MARION
            COUNTIES REPORTED BY MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF
            TRANSPORTATION. WATER AS DEEP AS 6 TO 8 INCHES OF
            RUNNING WATER IN PLACES.

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00645

TES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	City of Saint Louis	41 min
Jul 8, 8:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Ralls	4 hr
Jul 8, 8:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Monroe, Shelby	12 hr
Jul 8, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Sainte Genevieve	44 min
Jul 8, 10:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Marion	23 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.