982  
WGUS83 KLSX 210032  
FLSLSX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO  
732 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
MISSOURI...  
 
BOURBEUSE RIVER AT UNION.  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
MISSOURI...  
 
MOREAU RIVER NEAR JEFFERSON CITY.  
 
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.  
 
THIS PRODUCT, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND STREAM INFORMATION,  
IS AVAILABLE AT HTTPS://WATER.NOAA.GOV/WFO/LSX  
 
 
 
MOC071-221245-  
/O.EXT.KLSX.FL.W.0063.000000T0000Z-260522T2322Z/  
/UNNM7.1.UU.260520T0837Z.260521T0600Z.260521T1722Z.NO/  
732 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...BOURBEUSE RIVER AT UNION.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:00 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.7 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING  
AT 7:00 PM CDT WEDNESDAY WAS 16.7 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 17.1 FEET  
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3832 9113 3836 9113 3840 9107 3843 9106  
3848 9096 3843 9085 3841 9089 3839 9089  
3839 9092 3843 9093 3837 9101  
 
 
 
MOC051-221000-  
/O.EXT.KLSX.FL.W.0062.000000T0000Z-260522T0948Z/  
/JCMM7.1.ER.260519T1106Z.260520T1430Z.260521T0348Z.NO/  
732 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...MOREAU RIVER NEAR JEFFERSON CITY.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 6:30 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.2 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING  
AT 6:30 PM CDT WEDNESDAY WAS 22.9 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 2.0 FEET MONDAY EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7:00 AM)  
LOCATION STG STAGE FRI SAT SUN MON TUE  
 
MOREAU RIVER  
JEFFERSON CIT 17.0 19.2 3.1 2.2 2.1 2.1 MSG  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3855 9214 3854 9207 3850 9210 3847 9224  
3850 9235 3856 9236 3857 9233 3854 9226  
 
 
 
JAJA  
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