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River Flood Warning 100, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 1, 2024Saint Charles County, Missouri; Madison County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this river flood warning at Jul 1, 2024, 12:54 PM CDT for Saint Charles County, Missouri; Madison County, Illinois. It took effect at Jul 4, 2024, 8:38 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2024, 12:54 PM CDT (17:54 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 4, 2024, 8:38 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 16, 2024, 10:51 AM CDT
In force
12 days
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Madison County, IL, Saint Charles County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Mel Price (Alton) Lock and Dam (ALNI2).

Action stage
19 ft
Minor stage
21 ft
Moderate stage
29 ft
Major stage
34 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05587541, 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 Jun 30, 5:32 PM CDT, 19 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 5:32 PM CDT, 19 hours 22 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 12:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXSaint Charles26 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2024River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2024Every river flood warning in 2024

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.