Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - St. Louis, MO
Areas Affected: Brown, IL
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Sunday 9:49am CDT
Alert Effective: Sunday 9:49am CDT
Alert Expires: Monday 10:00pm CDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Sunday 5:48pm CDT
Event Ends: Wednesday 3:00pm CDT
Issued by: NWS St Louis MO
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Illinois... La Moine River at Ripley. River forecasts are based on observed precipitation and forecast precipitation for the next 24 hours. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...La Moine River at Ripley. * WHEN...From this afternoon to Wednesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 22.0 feet, FLOOD STAGE. Farmland flooding and rural damages begin. At 23.0 feet, Moderate flooding begins. Extensive cropland is flooded below the gauge near the LaGrange Lock Road bridge. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:45 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 21.6 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late this afternoon to a crest of 22.8 feet tomorrow morning. It will then fall below flood stage Tuesday morning. - Flood stage is 22.0 feet.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. This product, along with additional weather and stream information, is available at https://water.noaa.gov/wfo/lsx
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b7ca4543303878829ab51f23a5b757c70d02913a.001.1 Codes: ILC009 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b7ca4543303878829ab51f23a5b757c70d02913a.001.1