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Flood Watch 12, NWS St. Louis, MO

August 13, 20237 counties in Missouri; Randolph County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flood watch at Aug 13, 2023, 1:53 PM CDT for 7 counties in Missouri; Randolph County, Illinois. It took effect at Aug 13, 2023, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 13, 2023, 1:53 PM CDT (18:53 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 13, 2023, 10:00 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 14, 2023, 3:15 AM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Flood severity: None

Counties Randolph County, IL, Crawford County, MO, Iron County, MO, Madison County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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 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 flood watch went out at Aug 13, 12:53 PM CDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 12:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 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.