Heavy rain upstream produced minor flooding on the Mississippi river. Forecast points on the river ranged from 1 to 3 feet over flood stage.
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The episode as NWS LSX wrote it up.
Heavy rain upstream produced minor flooding on the Mississippi river. Forecast points on the river ranged from 1 to 3 feet over flood stage.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 25, 1:30 PM CST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 230 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2007 .DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED ACROSS THE AREA AND EXTENDED FROM IN ACROSS WESTERN TN. HIGH PRESSURE WAS CENTERED OVER MN/SD. THIS SYSTME WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA AND WILL DOMINATE OUR WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH MONDAY. BY MONDAY EVENING, THE RIDGE AXIS IS FORECAST TO EXTEND FROM THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES ACROSS EASTERN MO. NEXT COLD FRONT IS FORECAST AT THAT TIME TO EXTEND FROM MN ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS FRONT IS FORECAST TO SLIDE ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. THE VARIOUS MODELS HAVE BEEN SIMILAR PAST SEVERAL RUNS IN FORECASTING THAT THE UPPER HIGH WILL BUILD BACK ACROSS THE MIDWEST BY MONDAY. THE UKMET, EUROPEAN AND GFS FORECAST THAT THE HIGH WILL BE CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN MO MONDAY MORNING. TEMPS WILL JUMP UP ABOVE NORMAL EARLY IN THE WEEK FOR ONE MORE ROUND OF HOT WEATHER IN A HOT MONTH. UPPER HIGH IS THEN FORECAST TO BUILD INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST/GREAT BASIN BY WEDNESDAY AS A SHORT WAVE DIGS INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION OUT OF CANADA. THE GFS, UKMET AND EUROPEAN ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL AT H5 BY NEXT FRIDAY MORNING WITH UPPER HIGH CENTERED OVER THE 4 CORNERS AND TROF OVER THE QUEBEC/GREAT LAKES REGION. IF THE MODELS ARE ON TARGET, PLEASANT WEATHER IS ON TAP FOR THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND. TPS && .AVIATION... FOR THE 18Z TAFS... THE COLD FRONT IS MAKING STEADY PROGRESS ACROSS THE CWA...PASSING THROUGH KSTL AND KSUS IN THE PAST HOUR. IFR CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED TO VFR WITH CLEARING SKIES AND CALM WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTHEAST FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS. COULD SEE SOME PATCHY FOG TONIGHT...SO WENT WITH TEMPO OF MVFR VSBYS. BYRD && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. IL...NONE. && WFO LSX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 310 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2007 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-261200- GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL- MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL- CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-KNOX-LEWIS- SHELBY-MARION-MONROE-RALLS-PIKE-BOONE-AUDRAIN-MONITEAU-COLE-OSAGE- CALLAWAY-MONTGOMERY-LINCOLN-GASCONADE-WARREN-ST. CHARLES-FRANKLIN- ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-WASHINGTON- ST. FRANCOIS-STE. GENEVIEVE-IRON-MADISON-REYNOLDS- 310 PM CDT SAT AUG 25 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND ON WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE)... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LSX/?N=HWO1
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding occurred along the Mississippi River. The river peaked at about 1 1/2 feet over flood stage.
Minor flooding occurred along the Mississippi River. The river peaked at about 2 feet over flood stage and was still in flood at the end of the month.
Minor flooding occurred along the Mississippi River. The river peaked at about 2 feet over flood stage and was still in flood at the end of the month.
Heavy rain upstream caused minor flooding on the Mississippi River. The river peaked about 1 food over flood stage and was still in flood when the month ended.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 58994, 58995, 58996, 59001.