Flood Potential Outlook
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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
519 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013

...FLOODING LIKELY ALONG STREAMS ACROSS EASTERN MISSOURI AND
SOUTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS LATER THIS WEEK...

A POWERFUL EARLY SPRING STORM WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND POTENTIALLY WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS THE ST. LOUIS
SERVICE AREA LATER THIS WEEK.

CURRENT METEOROLOGICAL MODELS ARE INDICATING BETWEEN ONE AND
THREE INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...IS EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE EAST THROUGH THE
AREA TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD FALL ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN
MISSOURI THROUGH THE ST. LOUIS AREA INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

ALL STREAMS IN EASTERN MISSOURI AND WESTERN ILLINOIS SHOULD EXPECT
TO SEE AT LEAST MINOR FLOODING WITH THIS EVENT LATER THIS WEEK. IF
HEAVIER RAINFALL SHOULD OCCUR...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
MAJOR RIVERS...THE MISSOURI...MISSISSIPPI...AND ILLINOIS
RIVERS...COULD SEE MINOR FLOODING THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT
WEEK.

PEOPLE WITH INTERESTS ALONG OR LIVING NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS...
OR THOSE WHO FREQUENTLY TRAVEL NEAR THESE STREAMS...SHOULD BE
AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR QUICK RISES AND FLOODING TODAY THROUGH
THURSDAY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR BRIDGES...
AS THE WATER DEPTH IS TYPICALLY UNKNOWN. REPORT ANY FLOODING TO
YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

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BYRD
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