130  
WGUS43 KLSX 191638  
FLWLSX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO  
1138 AM CDT SUN APR 19 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSOURI...ILLINOIS...  
 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT GRAFTON.  
 
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.  
 
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  
 

 
 
ILC083-MOC183-210445-  
/O.NEW.KLSX.FL.W.0034.260420T0000Z-000000T0000Z/  
/GRFI2.1.ER.260420T0000Z.260422T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
1138 AM CDT SUN APR 19 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT GRAFTON.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 21.0 FEET, WATER BEGINS FLOODING THE FLOOR AT THE  
PALISADES MARINA IN PORTAGE DES SIOUX. ACCESS TO HOMES ALONG NORTH  
SHORE DRIVE IN EASTERN ST. CHARLES COUNTY BECOMES CUT OFF NEAR THIS  
HEIGHT.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 11:00 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.8 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS  
EVENING AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF 21.1 FEET TUESDAY  
EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7:00 AM)  
LOCATION STG STAGE MON TUE WED THU FRI  
 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER  
GRAFTON 20.0 19.8 20.4 21.0 21.0 20.8 20.6  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3880 9057 3888 9057 3897 9055 3898 9042  
3895 9028 3891 9033  
 

 
 
JAJA  
 
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