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Areal Flood Warning 16, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 3, 2013Jefferson County, Missouri; Monroe County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this areal flood warning at May 3, 2013, 5:01 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Missouri; Monroe County, Illinois. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2013, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2013, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Monroe County, IL, Jefferson County, MO

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at May 3, 3:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 3:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
352 PM CDT FRI MAY 3 2013

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-041200-
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-
352 PM CDT FRI MAY 3 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND
CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THE ILLINOIS RIVER REMAINS ABOVE MAJOR FLOOD LEVEL. PLEASE SEE
THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD STATEMENT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS THROUGH THIS
EVENING. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN.
AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE
HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS
RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL REMAIN ABOVE MAJOR FLOOD LEVEL. PLEASE
SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD STATEMENT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY RAINFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN
TWO INCHES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

BYRD

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 3, 1:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 3, 1:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 3, 3:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 3, 3:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 3, 4:14 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 8:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Saint Charles	43 hr
May 3, 8:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Jefferson	4 days
May 3, 8:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Crawford, Washington	4 days
May 3, 8:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Franklin, Jefferson	5 days
May 3, 8:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Louis	5 days
May 3, 8:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Louis	6 days
May 3, 9:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Lincoln	67 hr
May 3, 10:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Reynolds	4 days
May 3, 3:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Crawford, Iron, Madison, Reynolds, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois and 1 more	8 hr
May 2, 8:48 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Fayette	11 days

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2013 Areal Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2013 Every areal flood warning in 2013

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.