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River Flood Warning 61, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 12, 2010Saint Louis County, City of Saint Louis, Missouri; Saint Clair County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this river flood warning at Mar 12, 2010, 11:51 AM CST for Saint Louis County, City of Saint Louis, Missouri; Saint Clair County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 18, 2010, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2010, 11:51 AM CST (17:51 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 18, 2010, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 18, 2010, 9:06 PM CDT
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Saint Clair County, IL, City of Saint Louis, MO, Saint Louis County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:52 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 Mississippi River at St. Louis (EADM7).

Action stage: 28 ft
Minor stage: 30 ft
Moderate stage: 35 ft
Major stage: 40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07010000, 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 Mar 12, 11:51 AM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 11:51 AM CST, 0 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 3:35 AM CST, 8 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
335 AM CST FRI MAR 12 2010

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-130945-
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-
335 AM CST FRI MAR 12 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

RAIN WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE
INTO SATURDAY. SOME LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE OVER AN INCH OF RAINFALL
DURING THIS PERIOD...WHICH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OF
SOME CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS. SEE THE HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
PRODUCT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

MODERATE RIVER FLOODING IS FORECAST TO BEGIN SUNDAY NIGHT FOR
PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD
STATEMENT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION SEE OUR
WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE)... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX/?N=HWO1

GLASS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 11, 8:31 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Louis	33 days
Mar 11, 9:15 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Cole	11 hr
Mar 12, 9:45 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Callaway, Cole	5 days
Mar 12, 8:57 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Brown	6 days
Mar 12, 11:32 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Pike, Scott	31 days
Mar 12, 11:32 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Jersey	37 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2010 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.