Lexington Weather

Lexington, Massachusetts, USA

48°F
4/30/2026 10:17am 
  • Lexington Conditions: Light rain, Mist, Overcast
  • Temperature: 47.7°F / 8.7°CWarmer 0.6°F than last hour.
  • Dew Point: 46.2°FIncreased 0.5°Fsince last hour.
  • Relative Humidity: 95% 
  • Wind: Calm, 10-min avg: Calm, gust: None
  • Barometer: 29.71 inFalling 0.02 inHg/hr Falling Slowly
  • Visibility: 2 miles
  • Rain Today: 0.10 in
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Watches, Warnings, and Advisories

Issued by the National Weather Service - Paducah, KY

    FLOOD WARNING  

Union County, IL

Flood Warning issued April 29 at 12:20PM CDT until May 6 at 11:17AM CDT by NWS Paducah KY

FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO WEDNESDAY, MAY 06

Areas Affected: Alexander, IL; Jackson, IL; Union, IL; Cape Girardeau, MO; Perry, MO; Scott, MO

Urgency: Immediate

Severity: Severe

Certainty: Observed

Alert Sent: Wednesday 12:20pm CDT

Alert Effective: Wednesday 12:20pm CDT

Alert Expires: Thursday 2:30pm CDT (expect updated alert by this time)

Event Onset: Thursday 5:48am CDT

Event Ends: Wednesday 11:17am CDT

Issued by: NWS Paducah KY

Details: 
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO WEDNESDAY, MAY 06...

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
Missouri...Illinois...

Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau affecting Alexander, Cape
Girardeau, Scott, Union, Jackson and Perry Counties.

Mississippi River at Thebes affecting Alexander and Scott
Counties.

For the Mississippi River...including Cape Girardeau, Thebes,
Hickman, New Madrid...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau.

* WHEN...From late tonight to Wednesday, May 06.

* IMPACTS...At 36.0 feet, The flood gate on Themis Street closes.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 12:00 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 30.6 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
late tonight to a crest of 36.5 feet Sunday morning. It will
then fall below flood stage Wednesday, May 06.
- Flood stage is 32.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Information: 
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

Meta data: 
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4da658b0a501a2fb38dbd238284d72e54ab6f156.001.1
Codes: ILC003, ILC077, ILC181, MOC031, MOC157, MOC201
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4da658b0a501a2fb38dbd238284d72e54ab6f156.001.1