780  
WGUS43 KLSX 051328  
FLWLSX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO  
728 AM CST THU MAR 5 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN MISSOURI...  
 
MERAMEC RIVER NEAR SULLIVAN.  
 
MERAMEC RIVER NEAR STEELVILLE.  
 
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.  
 
THIS PRODUCT, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND STREAM INFORMATION,  
IS AVAILABLE AT HTTPS://WATER.NOAA.GOV/WFO/LSX  
 
 
 
MOC055-221-070130-  
/O.NEW.KLSX.FL.W.0001.260305T1600Z-260309T0500Z/  
/SLLM7.1.ER.260305T1600Z.260306T1200Z.260307T2327Z.UU/  
728 AM CST THU MAR 5 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MERAMEC RIVER NEAR SULLIVAN.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 18.5 FEET, NEAR THIS HEIGHT, MISSOURI ROUTE N WILL BE  
CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 6:29 AM CST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.4 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THIS MORNING AND CREST NEAR 18.0 FEET FRIDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7:00 AM)  
LOCATION STG STAGE FRI SAT SUN MON TUE  
 
MERAMEC RIVER  
SULLIVAN 11.0 9.4 18.0 13.4 9.5 8.0 6.7  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3801 9122 3807 9126 3816 9116 3828 9110  
3832 9097 3839 9091 3839 9082 3825 9092  
3823 9105 3808 9111  
 
 
 
MOC055-070130-  
/O.NEW.KLSX.FL.W.0002.260305T2038Z-260308T0500Z/  
/SEEM7.1.ER.260305T2038Z.260306T0600Z.260306T2324Z.NO/  
728 AM CST THU MAR 5 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY EVENING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MERAMEC RIVER NEAR STEELVILLE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SATURDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, NEAR THIS HEIGHT, ROADS TO THE LUCKY CLOVER  
CAMPGROUNDS BEGIN TO FLOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:15 AM CST THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.8 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS  
AFTERNOON AND CREST NEAR 14.0 FEET LATE TONIGHT.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7:00 AM)  
LOCATION STG STAGE FRI SAT SUN MON TUE  
 
MERAMEC RIVER  
STEELVILLE 12.0 8.8 13.8 9.0 5.5 4.2 3.4  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3796 9153 3800 9154 3803 9141 3802 9138  
3807 9126 3801 9122 3800 9130 3796 9135  
 
 
 
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