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River Flood Warning 58, NWS St. Louis, MO

March 11, 2019Perry County, Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri; Jackson County, Randolph County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this river flood warning at Mar 11, 2019, 11:58 AM CDT for Perry County, Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri; Jackson County, Randolph County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 13, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 145 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 11, 2019, 11:58 AM CDT (16:58 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 13, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 5, 2019, 9:35 PM CDT
In force: 145 days
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Jackson County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Perry County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Chester (CHSI2). The gauge peaked at 46.50 ft at Jun 10, 2019, 10:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 25 ft
Minor stage: 27 ft
Moderate stage: 35 ft
Major stage: 40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07020500, 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 Mar 11, 11:52 AM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 11:52 AM CDT, 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
Mar 10, 8:59 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Lewis	24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2019 River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 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.