Flood Warning

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
915 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

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


  MERAMEC RIVER NEAR

      ARNOLD


.THIS FLOOD WARNING IS A RESULT OF TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS
UPSTREAM PORTIONS OF THE BASIN SINCE SUNDAY AND ADDITIONAL RISES DUE
TO BACKWATER EFFECTS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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/

&&

MOC099-189-231415-
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/ARNM7.1.ER.130522T1551Z.130523T1800Z.130525T0000Z.NO/
915 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE MERAMEC RIVER NEAR ARNOLD
* UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY EVENING.
* AT 8:30 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.9 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATER THIS
  MORNING AND CONTINUE RISING AND CREST NEAR 25.0 FEET LATE THURSDAY
  AFTERNOON.
* 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.

&&

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


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                   FLD   LATEST              7AM FORECAST
LOCATION           STG  OBS STG     05/23  05/24  05/25  05/26  05/27

MERAMEC RIVER
  ARNOLD          24.0   23.89      24.9   24.6   23.2   21.5   20.0

Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
424 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

ILZ058>060-064-065-069-070-074-079-095>102-MOZ018-019-026-027-
034>036-041-042-047>052-059>065-072>075-084-085-099-231200-
GREENE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MONTGOMERY IL-BOND IL-FAYETTE IL-CLINTON IL-
MARION IL-WASHINGTON IL-RANDOLPH IL-ADAMS IL-BROWN IL-PIKE IL-
CALHOUN IL-JERSEY IL-MADISON IL-ST. CLAIR IL-MONROE IL-KNOX MO-
LEWIS MO-SHELBY MO-MARION MO-MONROE MO-RALLS MO-PIKE MO-BOONE MO-
AUDRAIN MO-MONITEAU MO-COLE MO-OSAGE MO-CALLAWAY MO-MONTGOMERY MO-
LINCOLN MO-GASCONADE MO-WARREN MO-ST. CHARLES MO-FRANKLIN MO-
ST. LOUIS MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO-JEFFERSON MO-CRAWFORD MO-
WASHINGTON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-IRON MO-
MADISON MO-REYNOLDS MO-
424 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND
CENTRAL MISSOURI AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY
ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WESTERN ILLINOIS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

$$

TILLY