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River Flood Warning 226, NWS St. Louis, MO

October 10, 2019Lewis County, Missouri; Adams County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this river flood warning at Oct 10, 2019, 11:31 AM CDT for Lewis County, Missouri; Adams County, Illinois. It took effect at Oct 12, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 10, 2019, 11:31 AM CDT (16:31 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 12, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 14, 2019, 10:46 AM CDT
In force
40 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Adams County, IL, Lewis County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at LaGrange (LGRM7).

Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
17 ft
Moderate stage
23 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 Oct 10, 6:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 10, 6:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
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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.