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River Flood Warning 223, NWS St. Louis, MO

October 3, 2019Lewis County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this river flood warning at Oct 3, 2019, 12:57 AM CDT for Lewis County, Missouri. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 3, 2019, 12:57 AM CDT (05:57 UTC)
Expired: Oct 3, 2019, 7:49 PM CDT
In force: 19 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 05:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point North Fabius River near Ewing (EWNM7). The gauge peaked at 13.96 ft at Oct 3, 2019, 6:00 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 3, 12:20 AM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 12:20 AM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 3, 12:13 AM CDT, 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 2, 9:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
952 PM CDT Wed Oct 2 2019

MOZ026-027-035-030315-
Marion MO-Ralls MO-Shelby MO-
952 PM CDT Wed Oct 2 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN RALLS...MARION AND
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...

At 951 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Emden, moving east at 45 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Hannibal, Palmyra, Monroe City, Warren, Rensselaer, Emden,
Philadelphia, Hunnewell, Taylor and Ilasco.

LAT...LON 3995 9144 3991 9142 3988 9145 3984 9144
      3980 9137 3973 9137 3969 9131 3965 9129
      3965 9171 3966 9172 3966 9202 3986 9202
      3995 9160
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 261DEG 39KT 3976 9185

MRM

Local storm report, Oct 2, 11:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 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
Oct 2, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LSX	Marion	23 min
Oct 2, 10:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Lewis	4 hr
Oct 2, 11:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Lewis	3 hr
Oct 3, 10:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Marion	34 hr
Oct 3, 11:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis	16 days

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.