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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service St Louis MO

943 AM CDT Sun Apr 28 2024



...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity and 

increased in duration for the following rivers in Illinois...



  La Moine River at Ripley.



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.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=lsx.



The next statement will be issued Monday evening at 945 PM CDT.



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ILC009-300245-

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943 AM CDT Sun Apr 28 2024



...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SUNDAY, MAY 05...



* WHAT...Moderate flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...La Moine River at Ripley.



* WHEN...From late tonight to Sunday, May 05.



* IMPACTS...At 24.5 feet, County Road 1600E (Levy Road) is closed 

  just west of LaGrange Lock Road.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 8:45 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 20.1 feet.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage

    late tonight to a crest of 25.0 feet early Thursday morning.

    It will then fall below flood stage Friday evening.

  - Flood stage is 22.0 feet.







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                Fld   Observed  Forecasts (7:00 am)

Location        Stg    Stage    Mon   Tue   Wed   Thu   Fri



La Moine River

  Ripley        22.0    20.1    22.4  23.6  24.4  25.0  24.2







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LAT...LON 4013 9074 4013 9068 4000 9051 3996 9052

      3998 9064





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Walsh