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River Flood Warning 119, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 4, 2024Saint Charles County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this river flood warning at Jul 4, 2024, 5:18 PM CDT for Saint Charles County, Missouri. It took effect at Jul 4, 2024, 5:24 PM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2024, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 4, 2024, 5:24 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 5, 2024, 3:59 AM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Saint Charles County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Dardenne Creek at St. Peters (DRCM7). The gauge peaked at 17.96 ft at Jul 4, 2024, 6:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
18 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05514860, 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 Jul 4, 2:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 2:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 9:38 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLincoln44 hr
Jul 3, 10:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXCole, Osage7 days
Jul 4, 1:18 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXCallaway, Cole, Gasconade, Osage112 min
Jul 4, 2:36 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryLSXIron, Madison, Reynolds18 hr
Jul 4, 2:44 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Montgomery2 hr
Jul 4, 3:05 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXFranklin, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren, City of Saint Louis5 hr
Jul 4, 3:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXCole, Gasconade, Osage5 hr
Jul 4, 4:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren, City of Saint Louis4 hr
Jul 4, 4:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Montgomery3 hr
Jul 4, 5:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXOsage9 hr
Jul 4, 7:40 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXBoone, Callaway95 min
Jul 4, 8:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXCole36 hr
Jul 4, 8:06 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis84 min
Jul 4, 8:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXBoone12 hr
Jul 4, 5:13 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLincoln47 hr
Jul 4, 5:03 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXClinton, Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair, Washington45 min
Jul 4, 5:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXClinton, Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair, Washington3 hr
Jul 4, 1:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMonroe, Saint Clair21 days

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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.