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WGUS43 KLSX 081350
FLWLSX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
850 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN ILLINOIS...
KASKASKIA RIVER AT CARLYLE.
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.
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
ILC027-100200-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FL.W.0012.260308T1350Z-260315T1800Z/
/KCAI2.1.ER.260308T0700Z.260308T1800Z.260314T1224Z.NO/
850 AM CDT SUN MAR 8 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...KASKASKIA RIVER AT CARLYLE.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.5 FEET, NEAR THIS HEIGHT, DOWNSTREAM AGRICULTURAL
FIELDS BEGIN FLOODING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:30 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.6 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 8:30 AM CDT SUNDAY WAS 16.6 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 16.6 FEET
THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY
MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.5 FEET.
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7:00 AM)
LOCATION STG STAGE MON TUE WED THU FRI
KASKASKIA RIVER
CARLYLE 16.5 16.6 16.6 16.6 16.6 16.6 16.6
LAT...LON 3862 8936 3861 8933 3851 8937 3849 8942
3854 8942
DELIA
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