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WGUS43 KLSX 200054
FLWLSX

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
754 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2026

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

  Mississippi River at Chester.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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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/CHSI2.1.ER.260420T1424Z.260422T0600Z.260424T0730Z.NO/
754 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2026

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING TO SATURDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Mississippi River at Chester.

* WHEN...From Monday morning to Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 28.0 feet, Unleveed islands near Chester and the
  prison farm floods.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 7:30 PM CDT Sunday the stage was 25.8 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage late
    tomorrow morning to a crest of 29.2 feet early Wednesday morning.
    It will then fall below flood stage early Friday morning.
  - Flood stage is 27.0 feet.



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All Times CDT    Fld   Observed  Forecasts (7:00 am)
Location         Stg     Stage   Tue   Wed   Thu   Fri   Sat

Mississippi River
 Chester         27.0    25.8    28.5  29.2  28.4  26.7  25.5



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LAT...LON 3799 8992 3790 8977 3786 8973 3776 8945
      3769 8941 3769 8959 3786 8995 3795 9005


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Pfahler