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WGUS43 KLSX 200054
FLWLSX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
754 PM 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 CHESTER.
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
ILC077-157-MOC157-186-211300-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FL.W.0036.260420T1424Z-260425T1400Z/
/CHSI2.1.ER.260420T1424Z.260422T0600Z.260424T0730Z.NO/
754 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING TO SATURDAY MORNING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT CHESTER.
* WHEN...FROM MONDAY MORNING TO SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...AT 28.0 FEET, UNLEVEED ISLANDS NEAR CHESTER AND THE
PRISON FARM FLOODS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:30 PM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 25.8 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
TOMORROW MORNING TO A CREST OF 29.2 FEET EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 27.0 FEET.
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7:00 AM)
LOCATION STG STAGE TUE WED THU FRI SAT
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
CHESTER 27.0 25.8 28.5 29.2 28.4 26.7 25.5
LAT...LON 3799 8992 3790 8977 3786 8973 3776 8945
3769 8941 3769 8959 3786 8995 3795 9005
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