The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a
* Flood Warning for
the Cuivre river near Troy
* from this evening to Tuesday evening... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 8:00 PM Sunday the stage was 16.8 feet.
* Flood stage is 21.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast... rise above flood stage by tonight and crest near 24.2 feet
by Monday morning.
* Forecast... the river will fall below flood stage by Monday late evening.
* Impact... at 24.4 feet... gravens Road begins flooding north of Highway c.
* Impact... at 23.0 feet... considerable agricultural land is flooded
between Troy and Moscow Mills.
* Impact... at 22.0 feet... right bank overflows.
* Impact... at 21.0 feet... flood stage. Left bank overflows. Minor flooding begins.
* Impact... at 18.0 feet... from Highway 61 east to Frenchmans Bluff...
low lying agricultural land is inundated.
Fld latest 7am forecast
location stg obs stg 11/16 11/17 11/18 11/19 11/20
819 PM CST sun Nov 15 2009
The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a
* Flood Warning for...
Calhoun County in southwest Illinois...
Greene County in southwest Illinois...
Jersey County in southwest Illinois...
Lincoln County in east central Missouri...
Montgomery County in east central Missouri...
Warren County in east central Missouri...
* until 830 am CST Monday
* at 815 PM CST... radar estimated a swath of 1 to 2 inches of rain
extending from Carrollton to Silex to Montgomery City. Rain will
continue through the rest of the night with another 1 to 2 inches
of rain possible by daybreak on Tuesday morning. This rainfall will
likely result in flooding in poor drainage areas and on smaller
creeks and streams.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include... Elsberry...
Jerseyville... Montgomery City... Troy... Warrenton... Wellsville...
White Hall... Wright City... Athensville... Belleview... Bellflower...
Big Spring... Buell... Carrollton... Davis... Dutzow... Elsah...
Grafton... Greenfield... Hardin... Hawk Point... Jonesburg... Kemper...
Marthasville... Mineola... Moscow Mills... New Florence... Old Kane...
Roodhouse and Truesdale.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams... country roads... as well as farmland along the
banks of creeks and streams.
Flooding is occurring or is imminent. Most flood related deaths occur
in automobiles. Do not attempt to cross water covered bridges...
dips... or low water crossings. Never try to cross a flowing
stream... even a small one... on foot or in a vehicle.
Lat... Lon 3951 9016 3900 9015 3900 9027 3892 9030
3896 9047 3887 9058 3890 9064 3894 9067
3889 9089 3889 9096 3856 9098 3870 9133
3871 9165 3914 9164 3914 9119 3922 9118
3922 9073 3940 9089 3939 9062 3953 9056
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