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Areal Flood Advisory 2, NWS St. Louis, MO

February 24, 20185 counties in Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this areal flood advisory at Feb 24, 2018, 3:53 AM CST for 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 24, 2018, 3:53 AM CST (09:53 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2018, 9:45 AM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Osage County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory 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 advisory went out at Feb 24, 3:49 AM CST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 3:49 AM CST, 4 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
Feb 24, 12:49 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Osage	49 hr
Feb 24, 4:56 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren, City of Saint Louis	4 hr
Feb 24, 7:42 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Jefferson	3 days
Feb 24, 7:42 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Crawford	68 hr
Feb 24, 7:42 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Crawford, Washington	3 days
Feb 24, 9:03 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Reynolds	64 hr
Feb 24, 4:23 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Crawford, Iron, Jefferson, Madison, Reynolds, Sainte Genevieve and 2 more	6 hr
Feb 24, 10:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Fayette	4 days

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in Missouri, 2018 Every areal flood advisory in 2018

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.