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WGUS43 KLSX 180302  
FLWLSX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO  
1002 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN MISSOURI AND ILLINOIS...  
 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT CANTON.  
 
RIVER FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED PRECIPITATION AND FORECAST  
PRECIPITATION FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS  
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  
 
THIS PRODUCT, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND STREAM INFORMATION,  
IS AVAILABLE AT HTTPS://WATER.NOAA.GOV/WFO/LSX  
 

 
 
ILC001-MOC111-191515-  
/O.NEW.KLSX.FL.W.0026.260419T0600Z-000000T0000Z/  
/CANM7.1.ER.260419T0600Z.260424T1200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
1002 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT UNTIL FURTHER  
NOTICE...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT CANTON.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 16.6 FEET, FRONT STREET LEADING TO THE CAMPGROUND AND  
CORPS PARK CAMPGROUNDS FLOOD AT THIS HEIGHT.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 6:00 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.9 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY  
SUNDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7:00 AM)  
LOCATION STG STAGE SUN MON TUE WED THU  
 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER  
CANTON 15.0 13.9 15.2 15.6 15.6 15.6 15.6  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4022 9154 4022 9142 4008 9139 4008 9153  
 

 
 
GOSSELIN  
 
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