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...RETRANSMISSION...
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING 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 AND ADDITIONAL RISES DUE TO BACKWATER
EFFECTS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE MERAMEC RIVER NEAR ARNOLD
* FROM LATE TONIGHT TO SUNDAY MORNING.
* AT 9:30 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 23.0 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 24.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT
AND CREST NEAR 27.2 FEET FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 27.0 FEET...MERAMEC BOTTOM ROAD BETWEEN WELLS ROAD AND
KERTH ROAD BEGINS FLOODING NEAR THIS HEIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 26.0 FEET...HOUSE AT THE END OF KASEBAUM LANE IS
SURROUNDED BY WATER JUST WEST OF LEMAY FERRY ROAD BRIDGE. ALSO,
HAWKINS ROAD SOUTH OF MERAMEC BOTTOM ROAD IS CLOSED NEAR THIS
HEIGHT.
* 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.
* IMPACT...AT 23.5 FEET...THE BOAT RAMPS AND FISHING BANKS AT ARNOLD
CITY PARK AND AT THE FLAMM CITY ACCESS ON THE WEST BANK NEAR THE
TELEGRAPH ROAD BRIDGE ARE FLOODED.
* IMPACT...AT 23.0 FEET...OLD TELEGRAPH ROAD AT EARL WIDMAN COUNTY
PARK AND BUTLER HILL ROAD WEST BEYOND SUMMERHEDGE PLACE BEGIN
FLOODING. HEINTZ ROAD BETWEEN TELEGRAPH AND ERB ALSO FLOODS NEAR
THIS HEIGHT.
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