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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1138 AM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSOURI...ILLINOIS...
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT MEL PRICE LD.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR HERCULANEUM.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ALTON.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ST. LOUIS.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
THIS PRODUCT, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND STREAM INFORMATION,
IS AVAILABLE AT HTTPS://WATER.NOAA.GOV/WFO/LSX
ILC119-MOC183-300445-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FL.W.0055.260429T0430Z-260504T2100Z/
/ALNI2.1.ER.260429T0430Z.260501T0000Z.260503T1500Z.NO/
1138 AM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO MONDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT MEL PRICE LD.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 23.0 FEET, DRESSER ISLAND DRIVE FLOODS WITHIN A FOOT
OF THIS LEVEL.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:00 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 23.5 FEET THURSDAY EVENING. IT WILL
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE SUNDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7:00 AM)
LOCATION STG STAGE WED THU FRI SAT SUN
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
MEL PRICE LD 21.0 20.3 21.6 23.2 23.5 22.7 21.2
LAT...LON 3889 9014 3889 9009 3881 9001 3881 9017
3884 9018
ILC133-MOC099-300445-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FL.W.0056.260429T2034Z-260504T1500Z/
/HRCM7.1.ER.260429T2034Z.260501T1200Z.260503T0834Z.UU/
1138 AM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO MONDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR HERCULANEUM.
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO MONDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 28.3 FEET, NEAR THIS HEIGHT, THE WALKING TRAIL
(EXTENSION OF STATION ROAD) AT BATES MEMORIAL PARK BEGINS FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 10:30 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 22.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 28.4 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 26.0 FEET.
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7:00 AM)
LOCATION STG STAGE WED THU FRI SAT SUN
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
HERCULANEUM 26.0 22.0 24.9 27.5 28.4 27.7 25.6
LAT...LON 3843 9032 3843 9022 3839 9025 3828 9029
3822 9027 3799 8992 3795 9005 3802 9015
3799 9021 3806 9021 3819 9041 3838 9039
ILC119-MOC183-300445-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FL.W.0057.260430T0800Z-260503T1200Z/
/ALOI2.1.ER.260430T0800Z.260501T0000Z.260502T0600Z.NO/
1138 AM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY
MORNING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ALTON.
* WHEN...FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 21.7 FEET, AT THIS LEVEL, HIGHWAY 94 AND THE EAST END
OF HARBOR POINT ROAD OFF OF MISSOURI HIGHWAY 94 NORTH OF WEST ALTON
BEGIN FLOODING. ALSO, THE ACCESS ROAD THE LINCOLN SHIELDS
RECREATION AREA OFF OF U.S. HIGHWAY 367 JUST WEST OF THE CLARK
BRIDGE BEGINS FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:00 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 21.5 FEET THURSDAY EVENING. IT
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7:00 AM)
LOCATION STG STAGE WED THU FRI SAT SUN
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
ALTON 21.0 18.2 19.7 21.2 21.5 20.7 19.1
LAT...LON 3891 9033 3895 9028 3889 9014 3884 9018
ILC163-MOC189-510-300445-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FL.W.0058.260430T0824Z-260504T0100Z/
/EADM7.1.ER.260430T0824Z.260501T1200Z.260502T1912Z.NO/
1138 AM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ST. LOUIS.
* WHEN...FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 31.9 FEET, THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARKING GARAGE JUST
NORTH OF EADS BRIDGE BEGINS FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:00 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 24.7 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 31.2 FEET FRIDAY MORNING. IT WILL
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 30.0 FEET.
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7:00 AM)
LOCATION STG STAGE WED THU FRI SAT SUN
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
ST. LOUIS 30.0 24.7 27.6 30.3 31.2 30.5 28.3
LAT...LON 3881 9017 3881 9001 3866 9002 3853 9016
3843 9022 3843 9032 3856 9029 3863 9020
3872 9023
FUCHS
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