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River Flood Warning 170, NWS St. Louis, MO

June 5, 2010Morgan County, Pike County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this river flood warning at Jun 5, 2010, 10:58 AM CDT for Morgan County, Pike County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 9, 2010, 12:08 PM CDT. It was in force for 36 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2010, 10:58 AM CDT (15:58 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 9, 2010, 12:08 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 15, 2010, 10:26 AM CDT
In force: 36 days
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Morgan County, IL, Pike County, IL

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Illinois River at Meredosia (MROI2). The gauge peaked at 24.81 ft at Jun 29, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05585500, 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 Jun 5, 7:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 7:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 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
Jun 4, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Monroe, Shelby	45 min
Jun 4, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lewis	38 min
Jun 4, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Knox	29 min
Jun 4, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Lewis	45 min
Jun 4, 9:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Lewis	5 days
Jun 5, 9:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Saint Charles, Saint Louis	25 hr
Jun 4, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Adams	19 min
Jun 5, 10:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Brown	39 days
Jun 5, 11:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Randolph	82 days

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.