782  
WGUS43 KLSX 181705  
FLWLSX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO  
1205 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSOURI...ILLINOIS...  
 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT LOCK & DAM 21.  
 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT QUINCY.  
 
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  
 

 
 
ILC001-MOC127-200515-  
/O.NEW.KLSX.FL.W.0031.260418T2248Z-000000T0000Z/  
/QLDI2.1.ER.260418T2248Z.260419T1200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
1205 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER  
NOTICE...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT LOCK & DAM 21.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, UNPROTECTED BOTTOMLANDS FLOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 10:00 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.2 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE  
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF 18.6 FEET  
TOMORROW MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7:00 AM)  
LOCATION STG STAGE SUN MON TUE WED THU  
 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER  
LOCK & DAM 21 18.0 17.2 18.6 18.6 18.4 18.2 18.0  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3991 9153 3991 9140 3983 9135 3983 9148  
 

 
 
ILC001-MOC127-200515-  
/O.NEW.KLSX.FL.W.0032.260419T0130Z-000000T0000Z/  
/UINI2.1.ER.260419T0130Z.260419T1200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
1205 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT QUINCY.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 18.5 FEET, BNSF RAILROAD MAIN LINE, 10 TO 16 MILES  
ABOVE QUINCY BEGINS TO FLOOD AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS. AT 19.5 FEET,  
GARAGES BENEATH RAISED HOMES ALONG BONANSINGA DRIVE WILL BEGIN  
FLOODING NEAR THIS HEIGHT.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 11:15 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.1 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS  
EVENING AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF 19.4 FEET TOMORROW  
MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7:00 AM)  
LOCATION STG STAGE SUN MON TUE WED THU  
 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER  
QUINCY 19.0 18.1 19.4 19.4 19.3 19.1 19.0  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3999 9153 3999 9140 3991 9140 3991 9153  
 

 
 
JAJA  
 
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