...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN
ILLINOIS...MISSOURI..
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT CANTON
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT LAGRANGE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT QUINCY
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT LOCK & DAM 21
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT HANNIBAL
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT SAVERTON
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT LOUISIANA
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT CLARKSVILLE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT WINFIELD
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT GRAFTON
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT MEL PRICE LD
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ST. LOUIS
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT CHESTER
RIVER FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED PRECIPITATION AND FORECAST
PRECIPITATION FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RAINFALL HEAVIER THAN FORECAST COULD CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE EVEN
HIGHER THAN PREDICTED. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR
THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION AND ISSUE FOLLOW UP STATEMENTS AS
CONDITIONS OR FORECASTS CHANGE.
SAFETY MESSAGE: NEVER DRIVE CARS, TRUCKS, OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW FOR SAFE
PASSAGE.
THIS PRODUCT, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND STREAM INFORMATION,
IS AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=LSX.
&&
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ST. LOUIS
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 10:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 36.2 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 30.0 FEET.
* MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO CREST NEAR 41.8 FEET BY EARLY MONDAY
MORNING.
* IMPACT: AT 42.0 FEET...RIVERVIEW BLVD BECOMES FLOODED. A PANEL
FLOODGATE IS INSTALLED AT RIVERVIEW BLVD.
* IMPACT: AT 41.0 FEET...AT THIS LEVEL, ST. LOUIS CITY INSTALLS A
DOUBLE FLOODGATE AT BRANCH STREET IN NORTH ST. LOUIS.
* IMPACT: AT 40.3 FEET...WITH RECORD INFLOWS FROM THE MERAMEC, THIS
WAS THE STAGE AT WHICH U.S. HIGHWAY 61/67 AT ROUTE K WEST OF
KIMMSWICK WAS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS IN DECEMBER 2015.
* IMPACT: AT 40.0 FEET...LEMAY PARK JUST SOUTH OF LEMAY FERRY ROAD
WILL BEGIN FLOODING. THE ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN SEWER DISTRICT
WILL SHUT DOWN THE WATKINS CREEK PUMP STATION IN THE 11000 BLOCK OF
RIVERVIEW DRIVE IN SPANISH LAKE.
* IMPACT: AT 39.1 FEET...WINDSOR HARBOR ROAD BRIDGE SOUTHEAST OF
KIMMSWICK BEGINS FLOODING, ISOLATING RESIDENTS SOUTH OF THE BRIDGE.
* IMPACT: AT 39.0 FEET...THE CITY OF KIMMSWICK, MO BEGINS FLOODING.
TWO MORE ST. LOUIS FLOODGATES ARE CLOSED AT NORTH MARKET STREET
(NORTH ST. LOUIS) AND AT BARTON STREET ON THE SOUTH SIDE. NEAR
THIS HEIGHT, THE CHOTEAU ISLAND LEVEE IS OVERTOPPED, AFFECTING 2400
ACRES.
* IMPACT: AT 38.5 FEET...NELLIE AVENUE, SOUTH OF LEMAY FERRY ROAD
ALONG RIVER DES PERES, BEGINS FLOODING.
* IMPACT: AT 38.0 FEET...THE U.S. COAST GUARD WILL CONSIDER CLOSING
THE ST. LOUIS HARBOR TO NAVIGATION ABOVE THIS LEVEL. FOUR MORE
FLOODGATES ARE CLOSED AT PRAIRIE AVENUE, MADISON AVENUE, MULLANPHY
STREET, AND THE RAILROAD BED NEAR LESPARANCE STREET.
* IMPACT: AT 37.5 FEET...HIGHWAY 61/67 SOUTH OF PEVELY BEGIN FLOODING
AT THE JOACHIM CREEK BRIDGE WITHIN A FOOT OF THIS LEVEL.
* IMPACT: AT 37.0 FEET...THREE MORE FLOODGATES ARE CLOSED AT THIS
LEVEL: THE MISSOURI ILLINOIS SAND COMPANY GATE IN SOUTH ST. LOUIS,
THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS RAILROAD GATE, AND A DOUBLE GATE AT EAST
GRAND IN NORTH ST. LOUIS. ALSO, WITH RECORD INFLOW FROM THE
MERAMEC IN DECEMBER 2015, MISSOURI ROUTE K WEST OF KIMMSWICK WAS
CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AT ROCK CREEK NEAR THIS HEIGHT.
* IMPACT: AT 36.5 FEET...AT THIS HEIGHT, WATER WILL REACH THE BASE OF
FLOODGATES AT POPLAR AND AT CHOUTEAU. WITH RECORD INFLOWS FROM THE
MERAMEC, MISSOURI ROUTE M WAS CLOSED NEAR THIS HEIGHT FROM I-55 TO
U.S. 61/67 IN DECEMBER 2015.
&&
FLD LATEST 7 A.M. FORECAST
LOCATION STG OBS STG 05/23 05/24 05/25 05/26 05/27
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
ST. LOUIS 30.0 36.19 37.5 39.1 40.8 41.5 41.8
&&
