729  
WGUS43 KLSX 181549  
FLWLSX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO  
1049 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING 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  
 
 
 
MOC051-200400-  
/O.NEW.KLSX.FL.W.0030.260418T2110Z-260421T0700Z/  
/JCMM7.1.ER.260418T2110Z.260419T1200Z.260420T0032Z.NO/  
1049 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE MONDAY  
NIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MOREAU RIVER NEAR JEFFERSON CITY.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE MONDAY NIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 23.5 FEET, NEAR THIS HEIGHT, WALNUT ACRES ROAD NEAR  
NORTH MOREAU CREEK WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE CLOSED. THIS ROAD IS  
18.3 RIVER MILES UPSTREAM OF THE GAGE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 10:30 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.2 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 24.1 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT WILL  
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7:00 AM)  
LOCATION STG STAGE SUN MON TUE WED THU  
 
MOREAU RIVER  
JEFFERSON CIT 17.0 14.2 24.1 5.9 2.9 2.3 2.2  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3855 9214 3854 9207 3850 9210 3847 9224  
3850 9235 3856 9236 3857 9233 3854 9226  
 
 
 
JAJA  
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