The Mississippi River crested at St. 67 feet.
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The Mississippi River crested at St. Louis, MO on July 1 at 38.67 feet. It fell below flood stage on July 10. For additional information about the flooding consult the June report.
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 Jul 10, 2:16 PM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 316 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 .DISCUSSION... /315 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008/ SOUTHERLY FLOW HAS RETURNED WITH RICH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ADVANCING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA. SUBTLE SHORTWAVE KICKED OFF SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MORE ACTIVE CONVECTION BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF OUR CWA. FOR TNGT...HAVE OPTED TO CONT SLGT CHC POPS OVR W SECTIONS OF THE FA FOR THE ENTR NGT. FIRST THREAT ERLY THIS EVE WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH AMS/ISOLATED STORMS WHICH ARE BUBBLING UP FROM NR EOK-AIZ ATTM. THIS ACTIVITY SHUD DSPT AFT SNST...BUT MODELS ARE SUGGESTING ANOTHER CHC OF TSRA DURG THE PREDAWN HRS. QPF SPECIFICS FROM MODELS CERTAINLY VARY IN THE 06-12Z TIME FRAME...BUT THERE DOES SEEM TO BE SOME AGREEMENT IN THE MASS FIELDS THAT WK SHTWV ENERGY AND WK WAA WL BE CO-LOCATED ACR AREA LT TNGT. EXPECT BETTER COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS MODEL GUIDANCE FORECASTS A TAD STRONGER SHORTWAVE TO RIPPLE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. SYNOPTIC LIFT AND DIURNAL INSTABILITY SUPPORTS CHANCE/SCT POPS...ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THEN ALL EYES TURN TO THE NORTH AS 500MB TROF MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN CONUS WILL SEND A COLD FRONT SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT. HAVE INCREASED POPS FURTHER AS FORCING ALONG FRONT WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SPC HAS OUTLOOKED THE AREA WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO BE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE HWO. 500MB TROF WILL MOVE FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION ON SUNDAY SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE EAST COAST. THIS WILL PLACE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE CWA EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE. SIGNIFICANT HEIGHT RISES ARE FORECAST ONCE AGAIN BY THE MEDIUM RANGE MODEL GUIDANCE TOWARD THE LATTER HALF OF THE EXTENDED. MODELS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO THIS TO NO AVAIL FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW AS SHORTWAVES CONTINUE TO KNOCK THE RIDGE DOWN. I WAS A BIT CONSERVATIVE ON MY WARM UP WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK...A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN HPC GUIDANCE. CVKING/TRUETT && .AVIATION... /1241 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008/ FOR THE 18Z TAFS...RETURN FLO AND ASSOC LO LVL MSTR SHUD CAUSE CU FIELD TO CONT TO EXPAND ACR AREA THIS AFTN...AND WL HV TO KEEP AN EYE ON ISOLD CNVTN THAT SHUD FORM DUE TO THIS MSTR RETURN...AND VRY WK SHTWV THAT IS FCST ACR AREA. ATTM IT DOES APR THAT CVG OF STORMS WL BE GREAT ENUF TO INCL IN TAFS...BUT WL MONITOR THEIR DVLPMT AND NOWCAST THIS THRT IF IT BCMS NECESSARY. CU FIELD SHUD DSPT ERY THIS EVE...WITH NO SGFNT CLDS RMNDR OF PD. TRUETT && .LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. IL...NONE. && WFO LSX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 326 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027- 034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-111200- 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- 326 PM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI TO WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. MODERATE RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT CHESTER. SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD STATEMENT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. MODERATE RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT CHESTER THROUGH SATURDAY. SEE THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD STATEMENT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. .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 CVKING
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Mississippi River crested at St. Louis, MO on July 1 at 38.67 feet. It fell below flood stage on July 10. For additional information about the flooding consult the June report.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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