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River Flood Warning 255, NWS St. Louis, MO

August 16, 2010Lewis County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this river flood warning at Aug 16, 2010, 9:12 AM CDT for Lewis County, Missouri. It took effect at Aug 16, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 2010, 9:12 AM CDT (14:12 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 16, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 17, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
24 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 14:12 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).

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 Aug 15, 6:26 PM CDT, 14 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 6:26 PM CDT, 14 hours 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 2:38 PM CDT, 18 hours 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 9:22 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Louis34 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.