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River Flood Warning 148, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 14, 2010Calhoun County, Greene County, Jersey County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this river flood warning at May 14, 2010, 11:23 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Greene County, Jersey County, Illinois. It took effect at May 15, 2010, 5:47 AM CDT. It was in force for 97 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 2010, 11:23 AM CDT (16:23 UTC)
In effect from: May 15, 2010, 5:47 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 20, 2010, 11:13 AM CDT
In force: 97 days
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Calhoun County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Illinois River at Hardin (HARI2).

Action stage: 24 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 31 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05587060, 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 May 14, 7:11 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 7:11 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Charles, Saint Louis	30 min
May 13, 8:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Cole	39 hr
May 13, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Macoupin, Montgomery	33 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2010 Every river flood warning in 2010

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.