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River Flood Warning 278, NWS St. Louis, MO

December 25, 2009Lewis County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this river flood warning at Dec 25, 2009, 7:44 PM CST for Lewis County, Missouri. It took effect at Dec 26, 2009, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 25, 2009, 7:44 PM CST (01:44 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 26, 2009, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 27, 2009, 7:41 AM CST
In force
32 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Flood severity
Minor

County Lewis County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Middle Fabius River near Ewing (EWMM7). The gauge peaked at 12.71 ft at Dec 26, 2009, 8:00 PM CST.

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Action stage
9.5 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05498150, 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 Dec 25, 5:23 PM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 5:23 PM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 12:13 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLSXSaint Charles3 days
Dec 26, 12:13 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLSXRandolph3 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2009Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.