478  
WGUS83 KLSX 311122  
FLSLSX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO  
622 AM CDT SUN MAY 31 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED 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.  
 
RAINFALL HEAVIER THAN FORECAST COULD CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE EVEN  
HIGHER THAN PREDICTED. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THIS  
DEVELOPING SITUATION AND ISSUE FOLLOW UP STATEMENTS AS CONDITIONS  
CHANGE.  
 
THIS PRODUCT, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND STREAM INFORMATION,  
IS AVAILABLE AT HTTPS://WATER.NOAA.GOV/WFO/LSX  
 
 
 
MOC051-012330-  
/O.EXT.KLSX.FL.W.0066.000000T0000Z-260602T0231Z/  
/JCMM7.1.ER.260530T1607Z.260531T1800Z.260531T2031Z.NO/  
622 AM CDT SUN MAY 31 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY EVENING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MOREAU RIVER NEAR JEFFERSON CITY.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL MONDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, NEAR THIS HEIGHT, BOTH BAINER ROAD AND  
LOESCH ROAD WILL BE CLOSED. THESE ROADS ARE ABOUT 15.5 TO 16 RIVER  
MILES UPSTREAM OF THE GAGE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 5:30 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.6 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS  
MORNING TO A CREST OF 17.8 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL  
BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
ALL TIMES CDT FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7:00 AM)  
LOCATION STG STAGE MON TUE WED THU FRI  
 
MOREAU RIVER  
JEFFERSON CIT 17.0 16.6 7.2 5.6 4.0 3.2 2.9  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3855 9214 3854 9207 3850 9210 3847 9224  
3850 9235 3856 9236 3857 9233 3854 9226  
 
 
 
CARNEY  
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