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River Flood Warning 120, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 1, 2019Lewis County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this river flood warning at May 1, 2019, 3:44 AM CDT for Lewis County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 1, 2019, 3:44 AM CDT (08:44 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2019, 9:34 AM CDT
In force: 3 days
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 08:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Middle Fabius River near Ewing (EWMM7).

Action stage: 9.5 ft
Minor stage: 12 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 05498150, 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 May 1, 12:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 12:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 30, 10:36 PM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1036 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1005 PM     FLOOD            OLYMPIAN VILLAGE        38.13N 90.46W
04/30/2019                   JEFFERSON          MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            5 ENE OF OLYMPIAN VILLAGE - BOYCE ROAD IS
            CLOSED AT PLANTAIN CREEK BRIDGE.

&&

CVKING

Local storm report, Apr 30, 11:09 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1109 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1105 PM     HEAVY RAIN       ALTON                   38.90N 90.15W
04/30/2019  M1.51 INCH       MADISON            IL   AMATEUR RADIO

            RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT.

&&

TILLY

Local storm report, May 1, 12:07 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1207 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1200 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 NW MURPHY             38.51N 90.50W
05/01/2019  M1.32 INCH       ST. LOUIS          MO   PUBLIC

&&

Local storm report, May 1, 12:12 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1212 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1200 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 E RICHMOND HEIGHTS    38.63N 90.29W
05/01/2019  M2.02 INCH       ST. LOUIS CITY     MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TAMM AVENUE JUST SOUTH OF FOREST PARK.

&&

BRITT

Local storm report, May 1, 1:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
115 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0320 PM     HAIL             TROY                    38.73N 89.89W
04/30/2019  E1.00 INCH       MADISON            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0315 PM     HAIL             1 E COLLINSVILLE        38.68N 89.98W
04/30/2019  E2.00 INCH       MADISON            IL   PUBLIC

0310 PM     HAIL             4 SE COLLINSVILLE       38.64N 89.95W
04/30/2019  E1.00 INCH       ST. CLAIR          IL   PUBLIC

0305 PM     HAIL             ALHAMBRA                38.89N 89.73W
04/30/2019  E1.75 INCH       MADISON            IL   PUBLIC

0305 PM     HAIL             KAUFMAN                 38.87N 89.78W
04/30/2019  E1.50 INCH       MADISON            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED HAIL ALONG LEADING
            EDGE OF THE STORM.

0301 PM     HAIL             1 SSE COLLINSVILLE      38.67N 89.99W
04/30/2019  E1.00 INCH       MADISON            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0250 PM     HAIL             1 SSE EDWARDSVILLE      38.78N 89.95W
04/30/2019  E1.00 INCH       MADISON            IL   PUBLIC

0247 PM     HAIL             GLEN CARBON             38.76N 89.97W
04/30/2019  E0.70 INCH       MADISON            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0245 PM     HAIL             1 NNE EDWARDSVILLE      38.80N 89.96W
04/30/2019  E1.00 INCH       MADISON            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0243 PM     HAIL             2 ESE EDWARDSVILLE      38.79N 89.93W
04/30/2019  E1.00 INCH       MADISON            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0220 PM     HAIL             2 E GRANITE CITY        38.71N 90.10W
04/30/2019  E1.00 INCH       MADISON            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

Local storm report, May 1, 3:14 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
314 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0312 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 W COLUMBIA            38.96N 92.35W
05/01/2019  M2.41 INCH       BOONE              MO   COCORAHS

            2.41 INCHES IN THE PAST 14 HOURS.

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 7:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis	3 hr
Apr 30, 7:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Reynolds	3 days
Apr 30, 8:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Knox, Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Ralls, Shelby	24 hr
Apr 30, 9:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Marion	3 days
Apr 30, 9:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Osage	24 hr
Apr 30, 10:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike and 4 more	24 hr
Apr 30, 10:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Crawford	49 min
Apr 30, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Iron, Reynolds	28 min
Apr 30, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Iron, Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington	40 min
Apr 30, 11:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Iron, Reynolds, Saint Francois, Washington	30 min
Apr 30, 11:18 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Lewis	64 hr
Apr 30, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Iron, Madison, Reynolds	40 min
Apr 30, 11:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Saint Charles	32 hr
Apr 30, 11:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Osage	26 hr
Apr 30, 11:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington	31 min
Apr 30, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Iron, Jefferson, Madison, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois	46 min
Apr 30, 11:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Crawford, Iron, Madison, Reynolds, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois and 1 more	24 hr
Apr 30, 11:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois	23 min
May 1, 12:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Boone	9 hr
May 1, 12:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois	50 min
May 1, 1:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Cole	58 hr
May 1, 3:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Lincoln	33 hr
May 1, 6:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Crawford, Washington	50 hr
May 1, 9:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Franklin	3 days
May 1, 9:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Crawford	25 hr
May 1, 9:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Franklin, Jefferson	5 days
May 1, 9:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Louis	4 days
May 1, 11:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Louis	15 days
Apr 30, 10:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Adams, Brown, Pike	15 hr
Apr 30, 10:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LSX	Bond, Calhoun, Fayette, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin and 2 more	24 hr
May 1, 7:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Brown	8 days

Nearby

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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.