River Flood Warning 20, NWS St. Louis, MO

Issued

Apr 30, 2012, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 30, 2012, 6:57 PM CDT

Expired

May 1, 2012, 10:06 AM CDT

In force

15 hr

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 22:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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.

504 
WGUS43 KLSX 302227
FLWLSX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
527 PM CDT MON APR 30 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 MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN
OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS AND UP TO AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN
OVER 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/

&&

MOC113-012227-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FL.W.0020.120430T2357Z-120502T0604Z/
/TRYM7.1.ER.120430T2357Z.120501T0000Z.120501T0604Z.NO/
527 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CUIVRE RIVER NEAR TROY
* UNTIL LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* AT 5:00 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.8 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS
  EVENING
* IMPACT...AT 21.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE.  LEFT BANK OVERFLOWS.  MINOR 
  FLOODING BEGINS.

$$

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

CUIVRE RIVER
  TROY            21.0   20.78      20.6   13.6    9.5    7.4    6.8

419 
WGUS83 KLSX 010104
FLSLSX
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
804 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN 
MISSOURI...
 

  CUIVRE RIVER NEAR 

      TROY 


.THIS FLOOD WARNING IS A RESULT OF SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER
THE PAST 48 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/

&&

MOC113-020104-
/O.EXT.KLSX.FL.W.0020.000000T0000Z-120502T0602Z/
/TRYM7.1.ER.120430T2310Z.120501T0600Z.120501T0602Z.NO/
804 PM CDT MON APR 30 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CUIVRE RIVER NEAR TROY
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* AT 7:30 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 21.1 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED NEAR 21.1 FEET EARLIER THIS EVENING AND
  IS FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATER ON TONIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 21.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE.  LEFT BANK OVERFLOWS.  MINOR 
  FLOODING BEGINS.

$$

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

CUIVRE RIVER
  TROY            21.0   21.12      20.4   13.1    9.7    7.5    6.8

876 
WGUS83 KLSX 011506
FLSLSX
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1006 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012

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

                  ...TROY... AFFECTING LINCOLN COUNTY


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...


&&

MOC113-011536-
/O.CAN.KLSX.FL.W.0020.000000T0000Z-120502T0602Z/
/TRYM7.N.ER.120430T2310Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1006 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CUIVRE RIVER NEAR TROY.
* AT 9:30 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 21.0 FEET. 


$$

&&

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.