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River Flood Warning 217, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 7, 2010Saint Charles County, Saint Louis County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this river flood warning at Jul 7, 2010, 10:54 AM CDT for Saint Charles County, Saint Louis County, Missouri. It took effect at Jul 8, 2010, 8:13 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 2010, 10:54 AM CDT (15:54 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 8, 2010, 8:13 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 15, 2010, 10:18 AM CDT
In force
7 days
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:54 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 Missouri River at St. Charles (SCLM7). The gauge peaked at 28.28 ft at Jul 10, 2010, 7:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
23 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
30 ft
Major stage
36 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06935965, 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 Jul 7, 6:49 AM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 6:49 AM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 10:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Warren5 days
Jul 7, 2:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXBoone6 hr
Jul 7, 3:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXRalls6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2010Every 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.