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River Flood Warning 295, NWS St. Louis, MO

November 24, 2010Saint Charles County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this river flood warning at Nov 24, 2010, 12:26 PM CST for Saint Charles County, Missouri. It took effect at Nov 24, 2010, 1:47 PM CST. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 24, 2010, 12:26 PM CST (18:26 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 24, 2010, 1:47 PM CST
Expired: Nov 25, 2010, 9:15 PM CST
In force: 31 hr
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Flood severity: Minor

County Saint Charles County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Dardenne Creek at St. Peters (DRCM7). The gauge peaked at 18.84 ft at Nov 25, 2010, 7:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05514860, 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 Nov 24, 12:03 PM CST, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 12:03 PM CST, 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 24, 6:40 AM CST, 5 hours 46 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
Nov 24, 7:13 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Franklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis	7 hr
Nov 24, 3:48 PM CST	Flash Flood Watch	LSX	Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Iron, Jefferson, Lincoln and 10 more	12 hr
Nov 24, 12:25 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Bond, Fayette, Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery	5 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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.