Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - St. Louis, MO
Areas Affected: Madison, IL; St. Charles, MO
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Alert Sent: Monday 10:06pm CDT
Alert Effective: Monday 10:06pm CDT
Alert Expires: Wednesday 10:15am CDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Tuesday 7:00pm CDT
Event Ends: Friday 1:00pm CDT
Issued by: NWS St Louis MO
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Missouri...Illinois... Mississippi River at Mel Price LD. River forecasts are based on observed precipitation and forecast precipitation for the next 24 hours. * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Mississippi River at Mel Price LD. * WHEN...From Tuesday evening to Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 20.8 feet, Unprotected farm land begins to flood * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 9:30 PM CDT Monday the stage was 20.3 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage Tuesday evening to a crest of 21.1 feet Wednesday morning. It will then fall below flood stage Thursday morning. - 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.caf123829bc2984f4988428d957b95b3cac26bd4.001.1 Codes: ILC119, MOC183 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.caf123829bc2984f4988428d957b95b3cac26bd4.001.1