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Areal Flood Warning 87, NWS St. Louis, MO

October 30, 20094 counties in Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this areal flood warning at Oct 30, 2009, 7:33 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 30, 2009, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired: Oct 31, 2009, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Monroe County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Oct 30, 6:55 PM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 6:55 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 30, 3:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
343 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-311200-
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-
343 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

&&

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

BYRD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 30, 5:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
553 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

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

0515 PM     FLOOD            BIG SPRING              38.80N  91.48W
10/30/2009                   MONTGOMERY         MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAYS Y K J NEAR BIG SPRINGS ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH
            WATER.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LSX0900360

PRZYBYLINSKI

Local storm report, Oct 30, 6:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
602 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

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

0601 PM     HEAVY RAIN       BALLWIN                 38.59N  90.55W
10/30/2009  M2.95 INCH       ST. LOUIS          MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            EVENT TOTAL 2.95 INCHES

&&

EVENT NUMBER LSX0900361

KANOFSKY

Local storm report, Oct 30, 6:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
610 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

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

0610 PM     HEAVY RAIN       ELLISVILLE              38.59N  90.59W
10/30/2009  M2.52 INCH       ST. LOUIS          MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM TOTAL

&&

EVENT NUMBER LSX0900362

CARNEY

Local storm report, Oct 30, 6:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
612 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

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

0558 PM     FLOOD            STEELVILLE              37.97N  91.36W
10/30/2009                   CRAWFORD           MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            THE FOLLOWING ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER - HIGH
            N IS CLOSED AT BLUE SPRINGS... HIGHWAY PP JUST SOUTHEAST
            OF CUBA IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER... LOW WATER
            CROSSINGS AT COOKS STATION IS CLOSED.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LSX0900363

PRZYBYLINSKI

Local storm report, Oct 30, 6:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
613 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

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

0613 PM     HEAVY RAIN       OFALLON                38.78N  90.71W
10/30/2009  E3.00 INCH       ST. CHARLES        MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM TOTAL

&&

EVENT NUMBER LSX0900364

CARNEY

Local storm report, Oct 30, 6:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
624 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009

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

0622 PM     FLOOD            FARMINGTON              37.78N  90.43W
10/30/2009                   ST. FRANCOIS       MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS ARE UNDER WATER OVER THE BONNE
            TERRE THROUGH PARK HILLS AND FARMINGTON AREAS

&&

EVENT NUMBER LSX0900365

PRZYBYLINSKI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 31, 12:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Lincoln, Montgomery	24 hr
Oct 31, 12:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Crawford, Franklin, Iron, Jefferson, Madison, Reynolds and 2 more	24 hr
Oct 31, 2:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Knox, Lewis, Shelby	24 hr
Oct 30, 9:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Marion, Montgomery	11 hr
Oct 31, 1:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Randolph	24 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2009 Every areal flood warning in 2009

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.