River Flood Warning 19, NWS St. Louis, MO

Issued

Apr 29, 2012, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 30, 2012, 7:00 AM CDT

Expired

Apr 30, 2012, 8:58 AM CDT

In force

118 min

Issued by

NWS St. Louis, MO

Flood severity

Minor

County Lincoln County, MO

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 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 Cuivre River at Troy (TRYM7). The gauge peaked at 21.15 ft at Apr 30, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage

19 ft

Minor stage

21 ft

Moderate stage

25 ft

Major stage

29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05514500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

155 
WGUS43 KLSX 300310
FLWLSX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1010 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012

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


  CUIVRE RIVER NEAR 

      TROY 


.THIS FLOOD WARNING IS A RESULT OF 2-3 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE 
PAST 24 HOURS AND UP TO 0.75 INCHES FORECAST IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE EVEN HIGHER THAN 
PREDICTED.  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/

&&

MOC113-010310-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FL.W.0019.120430T1200Z-120502T0046Z/
/TRYM7.1.ER.120430T1200Z.120430T1800Z.120501T0046Z.NO/
1010 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CUIVRE RIVER NEAR TROY
* FROM MONDAY MORNING TO LATE MONDAY EVENING.
* AT 10:00 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.7 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO CLIMB ABOVE FLOOD STAGE MONDAY
  MORNING AND THEN CREST NEAR 22.0 FEET EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
  NOTE...THIS FORECAST IS HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON FUTURE OVERNIGHT RAINFALL.
  STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE UPDATES.
* IMPACT...AT 21.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE.  LEFT BANK OVERFLOWS.  MINOR 
  FLOODING BEGINS.
* IMPACT...AT 18.0 FEET...FROM HIGHWAY 61 EAST TO FRENCHMANS BLUFF...
  LOW LYING AGRICULTURAL LAND IS INUNDATED.

$$

&&
                   FLD   LATEST              7AM FORECAST
LOCATION           STG  OBS STG     04/30  05/01  05/02  05/03  05/04

CUIVRE RIVER
  TROY            21.0   16.73      21.0   15.9    9.0    7.2    6.6

109 
WGUS83 KLSX 301358
FLSLSX
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
858 AM CDT MON APR 30 2012

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

                  ...TROY AFFECTING LINCOLN COUNTY


.THIS FLOOD WARNING IS A RESULT OF 2-3 INCHES RAIN IN THE PAST
24 HOURS AND AN ADDTIIONAL 0.75 IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE EVEN HIGHER THAN PREDICTED.  

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO 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/

&&

MOC113-301428-
/O.CAN.KLSX.FL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120502T0046Z/
/TRYM7.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
858 AM CDT MON APR 30 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CUIVRE RIVER NEAR TROY.
* AT 8:30 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.8 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 19.5 FEET.  
  THE RIVER WILL FALL TO NEAR 18.6 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 21.0 FEET...LEFT BANK OVERFLOWS. MINOR FLOODING BEGINS.
* IMPACT...AT 18.0 FEET...FROM HIGHWAY 61 EAST TO FRENCHMANS BLUFF...
  LOW LYING AGRICULTURAL LAND IS INUNDATED.


$$

&&
                   FLD   LATEST              7AM FORECAST
LOCATION           STG  OBS STG     05/01  05/02  05/03  05/04  05/05

CUIVRE RIVER
  TROY            21.0   17.75      18.6   13.3    9.3    7.3    6.7

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2012Every river flood warning in 2012

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.