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River Flood Warning 45, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 5, 2011Reynolds County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this river flood warning at Mar 5, 2011, 7:04 PM CST for Reynolds County, Missouri. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 5, 2011, 7:04 PM CST (01:04 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 2011, 4:31 AM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Flood severity
Minor

County Reynolds County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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 Black River near Annapolis (ANNM7). The gauge peaked at 8.05 ft at Mar 5, 2011, 8:00 PM CST.

actionminormoderate5101503/0603/07
Action stage
6 ft
Minor stage
8 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07061500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

101 
WGUS43 KLSX 060104
FLWLSX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
704 PM CST SAT MAR 5 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN MISSOURI... 

  BLACK RIVER NEAR ANNAPOLIS AFFECTING REYNOLDS COUNTY

.THIS FLOOD WARNING IS A RESULT OF NEARLY 1.50 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE
BASIN LAST NIGHT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION AND
ISSUE FOLLOW UP STATEMENTS AS CONDITIONS OR FORECASTS CHANGE.

SAFETY MESSAGE...NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES 
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW FOR SAFE 
PASSAGE.

THIS PRODUCT ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND STREAM INFORMATION IS 
AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=LSX /LOWER 
CASE/

&&

MOC179-070104-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FL.W.0045.110306T0104Z-110307T1434Z/
/ANNM7.1.ER.110306T0043Z.110306T0600Z.110306T1434Z.NO/
704 PM CST SAT MAR 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE BLACK RIVER NEAR ANNAPOLIS
* UNTIL SUNDAY. 
* AT 6:31 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.0 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...CREST NEAR 8.5 FEET LATE TONIGHT. THE RIVER WILL THEN
  FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...ANNAPOLIS ROAD ON THE WEST BANK OF THE BLACK 
  RIVER SOUTH OF LESTERVILLE BEGINS FLOODING CLOSE TO THIS HEIGHT.  
  THIS IS THE ONLY ROAD DIRECTLY CONNECTING ANNAPOLIS AND 
  LESTERVILLE.

$$

&&
                   FLD   LATEST              7AM FORECAST
LOCATION           STG  OBS STG     03/06  03/07  03/08  03/09  03/10

BLACK RIVER
  ANNAPOLIS        8.0    7.98       8.3    5.4    4.3    4.3    4.3
1 follow-up statement
328 
WGUS83 KLSX 061031
FLSLSX
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
431 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
MISSOURI...
 
  BLACK RIVER NEAR ANNAPOLIS AFFECTING REYNOLDS COUNTY

.THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT FOR THIS FLOOD EVENT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS PRODUCT ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND STREAM INFORMATION IS 
AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=LSX /LOWER 
CASE/

&&

MOC179-061101-
/O.CAN.KLSX.FL.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110307T1434Z/
/ANNM7.1.ER.110306T0045Z.110306T0315Z.110306T0400Z.NO/
431 AM CST SUN MAR 6 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE BLACK RIVER NEAR ANNAPOLIS.
* AT  4:15 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.5 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. 
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 10:00 PM SATURDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 5.2 FEET BY TOMORROW 
  MORNING.

$$

&&
                   FLD   LATEST              7AM FORECAST
LOCATION           STG  OBS STG     03/07  03/08  03/09  03/10  03/11

BLACK RIVER
  ANNAPOLIS        8.0    7.51       7.4    5.2    4.3    4.3    4.3

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 8:32 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Louis39 hr
Mar 5, 9:52 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLSXSaint Charles18 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2011Every river flood warning in 2011

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.