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River Flood Warning 195, NWS St. Louis, MO

August 30, 2019Cole County, Osage County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this river flood warning at Aug 30, 2019, 11:00 AM CDT for Cole County, Osage County, Missouri. It took effect at Aug 31, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 30, 2019, 11:00 AM CDT (16:00 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 31, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 4, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Cole County, MO, Osage County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Osage River at Mari-Osa Campground (MOAM7).

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Aug 30, 6:54 AM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 6:54 AM CDT, 4 hours 6 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
Aug 29, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LSX	Cole, Moniteau	43 min
Aug 30, 10:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau	21 days
Aug 30, 10:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Franklin, Warren	21 days
Aug 30, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade	43 min
Aug 30, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Crawford, Franklin, Saint Charles, Warren, Washington	49 min
Aug 30, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Louis	67 min
Aug 30, 4:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Franklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis	38 min
Aug 30, 5:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Louis	3 hr
Aug 30, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Charles, Saint Louis	46 min
Aug 30, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Louis	43 min
Aug 30, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis	32 min
Aug 30, 5:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis	6 hr
Aug 30, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LSX	City of Saint Louis	46 min
Aug 30, 6:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Washington	41 min
Aug 30, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Madison, Saint Clair	49 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2019 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.