Brussels, IL Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Mississippi River at Clarksville.

* WHEN...Until Monday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 25.5 feet, State Route P east of Elsberry begins
flooding just east of the levee.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:30 PM CDT Monday the stage was 25.8 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending
at 9:30 PM CDT Monday was 25.8 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 26.3 feet
Wednesday evening. It will then fall below flood stage Sunday
morning.
- Flood stage is 25.0 feet.



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All Times CDT    Fld   Observed  Forecasts (7:00 am)
Location         Stg     Stage   Wed   Thu   Fri   Sat   Sun

Mississippi River
Clarksville     25.0    25.8    26.2  26.3  25.9  25.5  25.0



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...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT TO LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Mississippi River at Winfield.

* WHEN...From late Tuesday night to late Saturday night.

* IMPACTS...At 27.5 feet, At this stage, Lock and Dam 25 will
stockpile 200 tons of sand, 12,000 sandbags, and 10,000 square feet
of polyethylene plastic as a precaution.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:30 PM CDT Monday the stage was 25.4 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage early
Wednesday morning to a crest of 26.1 feet Wednesday morning. It
will then fall below flood stage Friday evening.
- Flood stage is 26.0 feet.



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All Times CDT    Fld   Observed  Forecasts (7:00 am)
Location         Stg     Stage   Wed   Thu   Fri   Sat   Sun

Mississippi River
Winfield        26.0    25.4    26.1  26.1  26.0  25.8  25.4



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