Flood Warning
Issued by NWS St. Louis, MO

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1233 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN MISSOURI...


  CUIVRE RIVER

     AT OLD MONROE...AFFECTING LINCOLN COUNTY


.THIS FLOOD WARNING IS A RESULT OF AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL THE
PAST 6 HOURS...AND AROUND 0.50 INCH FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL IMPACTS FROM MISSISSIPPI RIVER
BACKWATER...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE EVEN HIGHER THAN
PREDICTED.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING
SITUATION AND ISSUE FOLLOW UP STATEMENTS AS CONDITIONS OR FORECASTS
CHANGE.

SAFETY MESSAGE...NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW FOR SAFE
PASSAGE.

THIS PRODUCT ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND STREAM INFORMATION IS
AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=LSX /LOWER
CASE/

&&

MOC113-220533-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FL.W.0131.130521T0900Z-130523T0600Z/
/OMNM7.1.ER.130521T0900Z.130521T1200Z.130521T1800Z.NO/
1233 AM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE CUIVRE RIVER AT OLD MONROE
* FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* AT  7:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 24.2 FEET BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 24.5 FEET...EXTENSIVE LEFT BANK AGRICULTURAL FLOODING
  DEVELOPS UPSTREAM OF THE GAGE.  A UTILITY ROAD IS FLOODED ALONG THE
  OLD MONROE LEVEE ALONG THE LEFT BANK UPSTREAM OF THE GAGE.
* IMPACT...AT 24.0 FEET...INITIAL FLOODING UPSTREAM.
* IMPACT...AT 23.5 FEET...MINOR AGRICULTURAL LAND BEGINS TO FLOOD.

&&

LAT...LON 3875 9063 3879 9066 3883 9063 3882 9061 3876 9062


$$

&&
                   FLD   LATEST              7AM FORECAST
LOCATION           STG  OBS STG     05/22  05/23  05/24  05/25  05/26

CUIVRE RIVER
  OLD MONROE      24.0   23.50      24.2   23.8   23.4   22.8   22.1
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