Jerseyville, Illinois

The Flood Warning continues for
the Mississippi River at Grafton.
* At 8:00 PM Monday the stage was 19.0 feet.
* Flood stage is 18.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast... the river will continue to fall... and will drop below
flood stage early Wednesday morning.
* Impact... at 18.0 feet... flood stage. Right bank begins to over
flow... flooding farmland.
* Impact... at 16.2 feet... for navigational purposes through Alton lock
and dam control, the corps will not allow the river to exceed this
level, if at all possible. Above this level, water inundates land
not owned by the usace.
* Impact... at 14.2 feet... for safe navigation of barge traffic, the
corps will try to keep the river above this level.

826 PM CST Mon Nov 09 2009

The Flood Warning continues for
the Illinois River at Hardin.
* At 7:00 PM Monday the stage was 28.7 feet.
* Flood stage is 25.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast... the river will continue to fall... and is expected to drop
to around 28 feet by early Wednesday morning.
* Impact... at 27.0 feet... the River Road in Bedford becomes flooded.
* Impact... at 25.0 feet... flood stage. Lowland flooding of
unprotected agricultural land begins.


                   Fld latest 7am forecast
location stg obs stg 11/10 11/11 11/12 11/13 11/14

Illinois River
La Grange ld T 23 26.82 26.6 26.1 25.5 24.9 24.2
Meredosia 432 439.16 438.9 438.3 437.7 437.1 436.5