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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
916 PM CDT Fri May 17 2024

...The National Weather Service in St Louis MO has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Illinois...Missouri...

  Mississippi River at Mel Price LD.

River forecasts are based on observed precipitation and forecast
precipitation for the next 24 hours.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.

This product, along with additional weather and stream information,
is available at https://water.noaa.gov/wfo/lsx

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916 PM CDT Fri May 17 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO MONDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Mississippi River at Mel Price LD.

* WHEN...From Saturday afternoon to Monday evening.

* IMPACTS...At 21.0 feet, Flood Stage.  Minor flooding begins to
  occur at this level.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 9:00 PM CDT Friday the stage was 20.7 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 21.0
    feet early tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall below flood
    stage early Sunday afternoon.
  - Flood stage is 21.0 feet.



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                   Fld   Observed  Forecasts (7:00 am)
Location           Stg    Stage    Sun   Mon   Tue   Wed   Thu

Mississippi River
  Mel Price LD     21.0    20.7    21.0  20.6  19.9  19.2  18.5



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LAT...LON 3888 9015 3887 9009 3883 9004 3881 9017
      3884 9018


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