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WGUS43 KLSX 100055
FLWLSX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
755 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSOURI...
MERAMEC RIVER AT PACIFIC.
RIVER FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED PRECIPITATION AND FORECAST
PRECIPITATION FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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
MOC071-099-111300-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FL.W.0013.260310T0251Z-260312T0100Z/
/PCFM7.1.ER.260310T0251Z.260310T1200Z.260310T1912Z.NO/
755 PM CDT MON MAR 9 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MERAMEC RIVER AT PACIFIC.
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 15.4 FEET, HUNTERS FORD ROAD IS CLOSED NEAR THIS
HEIGHT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:30 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
EVENING TO 15.4 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO 3.8 FEET FRIDAY MORNING.
IT WILL RISE TO 4.6 FEET SATURDAY EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL
AGAIN AND REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7:00 AM)
LOCATION STG STAGE WED THU FRI SAT SUN
MERAMEC RIVER
PACIFIC 15.0 14.9 12.2 5.2 3.8 4.4 4.3
LAT...LON 3839 9082 3839 9091 3849 9081 3850 9066
3844 9064 3843 9077
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