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River Flood Warning 15, NWS St. Louis, MO

April 2, 2026Marion County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this river flood warning at Apr 2, 2026, 2:26 PM CDT for Marion County, Missouri. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2026, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2026, 5:14 AM CDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS St. Louis, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Marion County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point North River (MO) at Palmyra (PALM7).

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05501000, 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 2, 1:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 1:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 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
Apr 1, 7:25 PM CDT	Flood Watch	LSX	Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Gasconade, Knox and 8 more	15 hr
Apr 2, 3:46 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LSX	Audrain, Jefferson, Knox, Lewis, Lincoln, Marion and 8 more	15 hr
Apr 2, 9:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Monroe	62 hr
Apr 2, 4:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LSX	Marion	4 hr

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.