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River Flood Warning 121, NWS St. Louis, MO

July 5, 2024Monroe County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this river flood warning at Jul 5, 2024, 9:31 AM CDT for Monroe County, Missouri. It took effect at Jul 5, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2024, 9:31 AM CDT (14:31 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 5, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 5, 2024, 9:31 PM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Monroe County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Middle Fork Salt River near Holliday (PMZM7). The gauge peaked at 16.93 ft at Jul 5, 2024, 4:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05506350, 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 5, 6:18 AM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 6:18 AM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 7:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 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
Jul 4, 9:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Jefferson, Saint Louis	24 hr
Jul 5, 1:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Reynolds	3 hr
Jul 5, 1:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Iron	2 hr
Jul 5, 1:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Crawford	3 hr
Jul 5, 1:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Franklin	3 hr
Jul 5, 2:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Jefferson	2 hr
Jul 5, 2:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Franklin	3 hr
Jul 5, 2:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Saint Louis	118 min
Jul 5, 2:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	City of Saint Louis	116 min
Jul 5, 3:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LSX	Madison, Saint Clair	82 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2024 Every 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.