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Flood Statement
Issued by NWS St. Louis, MO
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1015 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
MISSOURI...

  MERAMEC RIVER NEAR ARNOLD AFFECTING JEFFERSON AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES

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/

&&

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/ARNM7.3.ER.130530T0600Z.130604T1415Z.130624T0959Z.NO/
1015 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE MERAMEC RIVER NEAR ARNOLD
* UNTIL TUESDAY JUNE 25.
* AT  9:30 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 26.5 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL SLIGHTLY...THEN RISE TO NEAR 26.8
  FEET BY THURSDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
  MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 27.0 FEET...MERAMEC BOTTOM ROAD BETWEEN WELLS ROAD AND
  KERTH ROAD BEGINS FLOODING NEAR THIS HEIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 26.0 FEET...HOUSE AT THE END OF KASEBAUM LANE IS
  SURROUNDED BY WATER JUST WEST OF LEMAY FERRY ROAD BRIDGE.  ALSO,
  HAWKINS ROAD SOUTH OF MERAMEC BOTTOM ROAD IS CLOSED NEAR THIS
  HEIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 25.1 FEET...ST. LOUIS COUNTY CLOSES THE FOLLOWING ROADS
  AT THIS HEIGHT:  BUTLER HILL WEST OF SUMMERHEDGE PLACE, MERAMEC
  BOTTOM ROAD BETWEEN HAGEMAN ROAD AND HIGHWAY 21, HAWKINS ROAD SOUTH
  OF MERAMEC BOTTOM ROAD, AND OLD TELEGRAPH ROAD AT EARL WIDMAN
  COUNTY PARK.
* IMPACT...AT 24.7 FEET...HAWKINS ROAD SOUTH OF MERAMEC BOTTOM ROAD
  BEGINS FLOODING.
* IMPACT...AT 24.0 FEET...CORISANDE HILLS ROAD BEGINS FLOODING AT THIS
  HEIGHT.  MERAMEC BOTTOM ROAD BETWEEN HAGEMAN ROAD AND HIGHWAY 21
  BEGINS FLOODING.
* IMPACT...AT 23.5 FEET...THE BOAT RAMPS AND FISHING BANKS AT ARNOLD
  CITY PARK AND AT THE FLAMM CITY ACCESS ON THE WEST BANK NEAR THE
  TELEGRAPH ROAD BRIDGE ARE FLOODED.
* IMPACT...AT 23.0 FEET...OLD TELEGRAPH ROAD AT EARL WIDMAN COUNTY
  PARK AND BUTLER HILL ROAD WEST BEYOND SUMMERHEDGE PLACE BEGIN
  FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3851 9043 3851 9039 3845 9032 3841 9034 3845 9043


$$

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                   FLD   LATEST              7AM FORECAST
LOCATION           STG  OBS STG     06/18  06/19  06/20  06/21  06/22

MERAMEC RIVER
  ARNOLD          24.0   26.47      26.1   26.2   26.6   26.8   26.3
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