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Flash Flood Watch 10, NWS St. Louis, MO

August 8, 202022 counties in Missouri; 13 counties in Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood watch at Aug 8, 2020, 2:18 PM CDT for 22 counties in Missouri; 13 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Aug 8, 2020, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 2020, 2:18 PM CDT (19:18 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 8, 2020, 10:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 9, 2020, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Flood severity
None
All 35 counties

Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Pike County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Washington County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Callaway County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Madison County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Aug 8, 12:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 12:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 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.