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River Flood Warning 136, NWS St. Louis, MO

October 14, 2014Lewis County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this river flood warning at Oct 14, 2014, 6:18 AM CDT for Lewis County, Missouri. It took effect at Oct 14, 2014, 11:16 AM CDT. It was in force for 66 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 14, 2014, 6:18 AM CDT (11:18 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 14, 2014, 11:16 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 17, 2014, 5:17 AM CDT
In force: 66 hr
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Lewis County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:21 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point North Fabius River near Ewing (EWNM7). The gauge peaked at 12.95 ft at Oct 15, 2014, 1:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05497150, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Oct 14, 3:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 3:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 14, 5:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
504 AM CDT TUE OCT 14 2014

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-151015-
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-
504 AM CDT TUE OCT 14 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

GKS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 9:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Lewis	4 days
Oct 14, 10:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Callaway, Osage	6 days
Oct 14, 10:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Gasconade, Montgomery	9 days
Oct 14, 10:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Gasconade, Montgomery	5 days
Oct 14, 12:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Cole	24 hr
Oct 14, 2:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Monroe	47 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2014 Every river flood warning in 2014

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.