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River Flood Warning 50, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 29, 2024Brown County, Illinois

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this river flood warning at Apr 29, 2024, 2:37 PM CDT for Brown County, Illinois. It took effect at May 2, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2024, 2:37 PM CDT (19:37 UTC)
In effect from
May 2, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 20, 2024, 2:37 PM CDT
In force
18 days
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Brown County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Illinois River at LaGrange Lock and Dam (NLGI2).

Action stage
21 ft
Minor stage
23 ft
Moderate stage
27 ft
Major stage
29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05585100, 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 Apr 29, 2:21 PM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 2:21 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 2:28 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 29, 2:37 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 8:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXBoone12 hr
Apr 28, 9:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMarion61 hr
Apr 28, 9:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXPike6 days
Apr 28, 9:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXPike5 days
Apr 28, 9:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXRalls61 hr
Apr 28, 10:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXAudrain, Callaway, Cole12 hr
Apr 29, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Saint Francois, Washington42 min
Apr 29, 1:01 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXFranklin, Jefferson, Saint Francois, Washington44 min
Apr 29, 2:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXJefferson, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois40 min
Apr 29, 3:10 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis5 hr
Apr 29, 5:06 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXGasconade, Montgomery13 days
Apr 29, 5:06 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXCallaway, Osage13 days
Apr 29, 5:06 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau4 days
Apr 29, 7:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXCrawford, Washington44 hr
Apr 29, 7:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXJefferson, Saint Louis15 days
Apr 29, 8:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXCole36 hr
Apr 29, 9:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXReynolds28 hr
Apr 29, 10:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXFranklin, Warren4 days
Apr 29, 10:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXSaint Charles, Saint Louis5 days
Apr 29, 10:10 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXCole, Osage8 days
Apr 29, 10:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLincoln32 hr
Apr 29, 10:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXOsage35 hr
Apr 29, 11:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXLincoln5 days
Apr 29, 11:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXSaint Charles5 days
Apr 29, 11:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXSaint Charles4 days
Apr 29, 11:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXJefferson6 days
Apr 29, 11:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXPerry, Sainte Genevieve22 days
Apr 29, 11:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis6 days
Apr 29, 11:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXSaint Charles5 days
Apr 29, 2:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBond, Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair43 min
Apr 29, 11:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXCalhoun, Greene, Jersey23 days
Apr 29, 11:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXPike, Scott21 days
Apr 29, 11:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLSXMorgan, Pike21 days

Nearby

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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.