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River Flood Warning 276, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this river flood warning at Sep 22, 2010, 6:56 AM CDT for Marion County, Missouri. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 22, 2010, 6:56 AM CDT (11:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2010, 3:51 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Marion County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point North River (MO) at Palmyra (PALM7). The gauge peaked at 15.08 ft at Sep 22, 2010, 11:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 11 ft
- Minor stage
- 13 ft
- Moderate stage
- 16 ft
- Major stage
- 22 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05501000, 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 Sep 22, 6:15 AM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 6:15 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 615 AM CDT WED SEP 22 2010 .DISCUSSION... /326 AM CDT WED SEP 22 2010/ STORM COMPLEX CONTINUES TO TRACK TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST ACROSS FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. MAIN ISSUE IN THE SHORT TERM IS DEALING WITH THIS SYSTEM AND HOW IT WILL AFFECT HIGH TEMPS FOR TODAY. THEN NEXT SYSTEM TO MOVE IN BY THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. FOR THIS MORNING...WILL STILL SEE SOME DECENT RAINS OVER THE AREA AS COMPLEX PUSHES ACROSS REGION...WHILE ALSO DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. WITH IT WEAKENING OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...FEEL THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE...SO WILL CANCEL FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. DEPENDING ON WHEN ACTIVITY COMES TO AN END AND SEE SOME PARTIAL CLEARING...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE TRICKY TO DEAL WITH...SO FOR NOW SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE WITH MID 80S MOST LOCATIONS...WITH UPPER 80S IN THE FAR SOUTH...WHERE THE RAIN WILL NOT AFFECT VERY MUCH. DID KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE NORTHEAST HALF OF CWA THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO LINGERING BOUNDARIES...AND POSSIBLE STORMS. BY TONIGHT...DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS TO PERSIST WITH LOWS ONLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. MODELS CONTINUE TO BRING A STRONG AND PROGRESSIVE COLD FRONT INTO THE REGION ON THURSDAY WITH STORMS MOVING INTO FORECAST AREA BY THURSDAY EVENING. WITH REGION IN WARM SECTOR DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY...WILL SEE HIGH TEMPS RANGING FROM THE MID 80S OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MO TO THE LOWER 90S OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. INSTABILITY WILL BE LIMITED ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH THIS SYSTEM...SO DO NOT EXPECT A MAJOR SEVERE WEATHER EVENT AT THIS TIME. BUT COULD SEE SOME DECENT RAINS AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE LOW 60S TO AROUND 70. ON FRIDAY...COOLER TEMPS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE IN WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE LOWER 70S TO AROUND 80. BEYOND THAT NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED. BYRD && .AVIATION... /614 AM CDT WED SEP 22 2010/ A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY OVER MISSOURI IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DISSIPATE BY 15Z. THE SHRA WILL PRIMARILY AFFECT KCOU WHICH IS CLOSER TO THE MAIN AXIS OF THE RAIN. MORE TSRA ARE DEVELOPING OVER NERN MO/SERN IA WHICH MAY AFFECT KUIN AS THEY MOVE SEWD. THE HEAVIER CORES IN THE TSRA WILL PRODUCE BRIEF IFR CIGS/VSBYS IN +RA WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. CIGS HAD FALLEN TO 500FT EARLIER AT KCOU...AND ARE CURRENTLY 700FT AT IRK INDICATING THAT THERE ARE SOME IFR CIGS AROUND THE AREA...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO WARRANT TO KEEPING THE TAFS. WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE THROUGH MID MORNING...BUT THEN SHIFT SLY AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH LATER THIS MORNING. SPECIFICS FOR KSTL...SHRA/TSRA HAVE BEEN DISSIPATING AS THEY MOVE TOWARD KSTL OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS...SO WILL JUST USE VCSH TO REFLECT A LESSENING CHANCE OF RAIN AT THE TERMINAL. WINDS HAVE BEEN VARIABLE OVERNIGHT BECAUSE OF OUTFLOW FROM THUNDERSTORMS... BUT THEY SHOULD BE S-SWLY THE REST OF THE PERIOD...WITH STRONGER GUSTS ON THURSDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...DRY AND VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THE NEXT 30 HOURS. BRITT && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. IL...NONE. && WFO LSX
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 22, 3:47 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 347 AM CDT WED SEP 22 2010 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-231200- GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL- MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL- CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-KNOX MO- LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO-MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-PIKE MO-BOONE MO- AUDRAIN MO-MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO- LINCOLN MO-GASCONADE MO-WARREN MO-ST. CHARLES MO-FRANKLIN MO- ST. LOUIS MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO-JEFFERSON MO-CRAWFORD MO- WASHINGTON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-IRON MO- MADISON MO-REYNOLDS MO- 347 AM CDT WED SEP 22 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...BEFORE COMING TO AN END BY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY AGAIN...THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY ALL PRECIPITATION REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST. LOUIS. BYRD
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
556 AM CDT WED SEP 22 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 AM HEAVY RAIN COLUMBIA 38.95N 92.33W
09/22/2010 M1.37 INCH BOONE MO BROADCAST MEDIA
MEASURED AT SANBORN FIELD SINCE MIDNIGHT.
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BYRDThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 8:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Knox, Lewis | 6 hr |
| Sep 21, 8:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 46 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Monroe | 10 hr |
| Sep 22, 11:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Callaway, Cole | 6 days |
| Sep 22, 11:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Warren | 6 days |
| Sep 22, 11:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis | 7 days |
| Sep 21, 8:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LSX | Brown | 24 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.