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WGUS43 KLSX 081821
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
121 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

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

  Meramec River near Sullivan.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

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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MOC055-221-100630-
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/SLLM7.1.ER.240509T0931Z.240510T0600Z.240511T0945Z.NO/
121 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE SUNDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Meramec River near Sullivan.

* WHEN...From late tonight to late Sunday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 14.0 feet, The main entrance road to the Meramec
  State Park campground begins flooding...blocking acess to cabins
  1-8...the picnic and playground areas, and the Wilderness
  Trailhead parking lot.  At Onondaga Cave State Park...the primary
  entrance to the campground is closed and the secondary entrance is
  used near this height.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 1:00 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 8.4 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late tonight to a crest of 14.2 feet early Friday morning. It
    will then fall below flood stage early Saturday morning.
  - Flood stage is 11.0 feet.



&&


               Fld   Observed  Forecasts (7:00 am)
Location       Stg    Stage    Thu   Fri   Sat   Sun   Mon

Meramec River
  Sullivan     11.0    8.4     11.7  13.9  10.7  8.2   7.0



&&

LAT...LON 3800 9120 3806 9125 3829 9109 3840 9090
      3837 9082


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Walsh