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Flood Watch 1, NWS St. Louis, MO

February 5, 20195 counties in Missouri; 5 counties in Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flood watch at Feb 5, 2019, 3:44 PM CST for 5 counties in Missouri; 5 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 6, 2019, 3:08 PM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 5, 2019, 3:44 PM CST (21:44 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 6, 2019, 3:08 PM CST
Expired: Feb 7, 2019, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Flood severity: None

Counties Clinton County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Marion County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Washington County, IL, Iron County, MO, Madison County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Feb 5, 3:06 PM CST, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 3:06 PM CST, 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 3:31 PM CST, 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 5, 3:01 PM CST, 43 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 4, 9:16 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Marion	12 hr
Feb 5, 9:58 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Fayette	7 days
Feb 5, 12:10 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Pike, Scott	28 days
Feb 5, 12:10 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LSX	Calhoun, Greene, Jersey	21 days

Nearby

Flood Watches in Missouri, 2019 Flood Watches in Illinois, 2019 Every flood watch in 2019

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.