River Flood Warning 49, NWS St. Louis, MO

Issued

Mar 14, 2011, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 14, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT

Expired

Mar 15, 2011, 9:08 AM CDT

In force

11 hr

Issued by

NWS St. Louis, MO

Flood severity

Minor

County Osage County, MO

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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.

Written for the forecast point Maries River at Westphalia (WPHM7). The gauge peaked at 10.06 ft at Mar 14, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT.

Action stage

8 ft

Minor stage

10 ft

Moderate stage

15 ft

Major stage

20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06927000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

081 
WGUS43 KLSX 142304
FLWLSX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
604 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2011

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


  MARIES RIVER NEAR WESTPHALIA AFFECTING OSAGE COUNTY


.THIS FLOOD WARNING IS A RESULT OF RAIN AND HEAVY WET SNOW THAT HAVE 
FALLEN OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS...WITH A SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT UPWARDS 
OF 1.00 INCH...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THIS 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/

&&

MOC151-152304-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FL.W.0049.110315T0300Z-110316T0700Z/
/WPHM7.1.ER.110315T0300Z.110315T0600Z.110315T0700Z.NO/
604 PM CDT MON MAR 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE MARIES RIVER NEAR WESTPHALIA
* FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* AT  5:45 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE 
  TO NEAR 10.2 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE RIVER WILL FALL 
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY.


$$

&&
                   FLD   LATEST              7AM FORECAST
LOCATION           STG  OBS STG     03/15  03/16  03/17  03/18  03/19

MARIES RIVER
  WESTPHALIA      10.0    8.43       9.0    4.8    3.7    3.2    3.0

437 
WGUS83 KLSX 151408
FLSLSX
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
908 AM CDT TUE MAR 15 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN 
MISSOURI...
 
  MARIES RIVER NEAR WESTPHALIA

.THIS WILL BE THE FINAL STATEMENT REGARDING THE FLOODING THAT
AFFECTED WESTPHALIA ON THE MARIES RIVER...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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/

&&

MOC151-151438-
/O.CAN.KLSX.FL.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110316T0700Z/
/WPHM7.1.ER.000000T0000Z.110315T0215Z.110315T0307Z.NO/
908 AM CDT TUE MAR 15 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE MARIES RIVER NEAR WESTPHALIA.
* AT 8:00 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.1 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. 
* THE RIVER FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 10:07 PM MONDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO FALL TO 3.6 FEET
  THURSDAY MORNING.


$$

&&
                   FLD   LATEST              7AM FORECAST
LOCATION           STG  OBS STG     03/16  03/17  03/18  03/19  03/20

MARIES RIVER
  WESTPHALIA      10.0    7.09       4.2    3.6    3.2    2.9    2.8

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

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.