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River Flood Warning 54, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 8, 2009Clinton County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this river flood warning at Apr 8, 2009, 10:26 AM CDT for Clinton County, Illinois. It took effect at Apr 9, 2009, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2009, 10:26 AM CDT (15:26 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 9, 2009, 5:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 27, 2009, 8:47 PM CDT
In force: 19 days
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Flood severity: Minor

County Clinton County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:31 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Kaskaskia River below Carlyle Dam Tailwater (CRLI2). The gauge peaked at 22.35 ft at Apr 15, 2009, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 421.5 ft
Minor stage: 423.5 ft
Moderate stage: 431 ft
Major stage: 435 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05593000, 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 Apr 7, 5:34 PM CDT, 16 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 5:34 PM CDT, 16 hours 52 minutes before

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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.