223  
WGUS43 KLSX 301637  
FLWLSX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO  
1137 AM CDT WED APR 30 2025  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSOURI...  
 
MERAMEC RIVER NEAR SULLIVAN.  
 
RIVER FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED PRECIPITATION AND FORECAST  
PRECIPITATION FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
RAINFALL HEAVIER THAN FORECAST 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 CHANGE.  
 
THIS PRODUCT, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND STREAM INFORMATION,  
IS AVAILABLE AT HTTPS://WATER.NOAA.GOV/WFO/LSX  
 
 
 
MOC055-221-020445-  
/O.NEW.KLSX.FL.W.0036.250501T1104Z-250504T0700Z/  
/SLLM7.1.ER.250501T1104Z.250502T0600Z.250503T0051Z.UU/  
1137 AM CDT WED APR 30 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO LATE SATURDAY  
NIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MERAMEC RIVER NEAR SULLIVAN.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 13.5 FEET, CAVE ROAD BEGINS FLOODING AT ONONDAGA CAVE  
STATE PARK NEAR THIS HEIGHT.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 10:29 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
FRIDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 13.1 FEET EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.  
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7:00 AM)  
LOCATION STG STAGE THU FRI SAT SUN MON  
 
MERAMEC RIVER  
SULLIVAN 11.0 7.0 11.2 12.6 9.7 7.9 7.2  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3801 9122 3807 9126 3816 9116 3828 9110  
3832 9097 3839 9091 3839 9082 3825 9092  
3823 9105 3808 9111  
 
 
 
CARNEY  
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