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County,
Flood Warning issued May 22 at 9:15AM CDT until May 25 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS
Effective: 9:15 a.m. on Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Expires: 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 25, 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN
MISSOURI...
MERAMEC RIVER NEAR
ARNOLD
.THIS FLOOD WARNING IS A RESULT OF TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS
UPSTREAM PORTIONS OF THE BASIN SINCE SUNDAY AND ADDITIONAL RISES DUE
TO BACKWATER EFFECTS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE MERAMEC RIVER NEAR ARNOLD
* UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY EVENING.
* AT 8:30 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.9 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATER THIS
MORNING AND CONTINUE RISING AND CREST NEAR 25.0 FEET LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 25.1 FEET...ST. LOUIS COUNTY CLOSES THE FOLLOWING ROADS
AT THIS HEIGHT: BUTLER HILL WEST OF SUMMERHEDGE PLACE, MERAMEC
BOTTOM ROAD BETWEEN HAGEMAN ROAD AND HIGHWAY 21, HAWKINS ROAD SOUTH
OF MERAMEC BOTTOM ROAD, AND OLD TELEGRAPH ROAD AT EARL WIDMAN
COUNTY PARK.
* IMPACT...AT 24.7 FEET...HAWKINS ROAD SOUTH OF MERAMEC BOTTOM ROAD
BEGINS FLOODING.
* IMPACT...AT 24.0 FEET...CORISANDE HILLS ROAD BEGINS FLOODING AT THIS
HEIGHT. MERAMEC BOTTOM ROAD BETWEEN HAGEMAN ROAD AND HIGHWAY 21
BEGINS FLOODING.
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