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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1152 AM CST MON NOV 09 2009
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN
ILLINOIS...MISSOURI...
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT GRAFTON AFFECTING JERSEY AND ST. CHARLES
COUNTIES
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT CHESTER AFFECTING RANDOLPH COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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/
ILC083-MOC183-101752-
/O.EXT.KLSX.FL.W.0234.000000T0000Z-091112T0300Z/
/GRFI2.1.ER.091030T0404Z.091102T2200Z.091111T0300Z.NO/
1152 AM CST MON NOV 09 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT GRAFTON.
* AT 11:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.3 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW LATE EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 18.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE. RIGHT BANK BEGINS TO OVER
FLOW...FLOODING FARMLAND.
* IMPACT...AT 16.2 FEET...FOR NAVIGATIONAL PURPOSES THROUGH ALTON LOCK
AND DAM CONTROL, THE CORPS WILL NOT ALLOW THE RIVER TO EXCEED THIS
LEVEL, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. ABOVE THIS LEVEL, WATER INUNDATES LAND
NOT OWNED BY THE USACE.
* IMPACT...AT 14.2 FEET...FOR SAFE NAVIGATION OF BARGE TRAFFIC, THE
CORPS WILL TRY TO KEEP THE RIVER ABOVE THIS LEVEL.
ILC157-101751-
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/CHSI2.2.ER.091030T0630Z.091103T1800Z.091110T1400Z.NO/
1152 AM CST MON NOV 09 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT CHESTER.
* AT 11:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 28.3 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 27.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 28.0 FEET...UNLEVEED ISLANDS NEAR CHESTER AND THE PRISON
FARM FLOODS.
* IMPACT...AT 27.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE. UNPROTECTED FARMLAND ON RIGHT
BANK BEGINS TO FLOOD.
* IMPACT...AT 25.0 FEET...DEGOGNIA FOUNTAIN BLUFF LEVEE GATES ARE
CLOSED.
FLD LATEST 7AM FORECAST
LOCATION STG OBS STG 11/10 11/11 11/12 11/13 11/14
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
GRAFTON 18 19.26 18.5 17.8 17.3 16.9 16.4
CHESTER 27 28.30 27.1 26.1 25.0 24.2 23.4
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