Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - St. Louis, MO
Areas Affected: Madison, IL; St. Charles, MO
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Alert Sent: Wednesday 9:38pm CDT
Alert Effective: Wednesday 9:38pm CDT
Alert Expires: Friday 9:45am CDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Thursday 1:00am CDT
Event Ends: Saturday 10:00pm CDT
Issued by: NWS St Louis MO
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SATURDAY EVENING... ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Illinois...Missouri... Mississippi River near Herculaneum. Mississippi River at Mel Price LD. Mississippi River at Chester. Mississippi River at Grafton. Mississippi River at Alton. Mississippi River at St. Louis. River forecasts are based on observed precipitation and forecast precipitation for the next 24 hours. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Mississippi River at Alton. * WHEN...From late tonight to Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...At 21.7 feet, At this level, Highway 94 and the east end of Harbor Point Road off of Missouri Highway 94 north of West Alton begin flooding. Also, the access road the Lincoln Shields recreation area off of U.S. Highway 367 just west of the Clark bridge begins flooding. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 9:00 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 20.8 feet and rising. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage just after midnight tonight to a crest of 21.4 feet early tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage Friday afternoon. - Flood stage is 21.0 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:2.49.0.1.840.0.58d38bfdd32528dae75dc06ac74907be66ccb408.005.1 Codes: ILC119, MOC183 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.58d38bfdd32528dae75dc06ac74907be66ccb408.005.1