Warning Vector

Flood Warning

NWS St Louis MO ยท US

Updated

Details

Flood Warning Now In Effect From Thursday Afternoon To Monday Afternoon

Event
Flood Warning
Issued
Onset
Message expires
Expected end
Category
Meteorological
Urgency
Immediate
Severity
Severe
Certainty
Observed
Response
Avoid

Description

Overview

...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Missouri...Illinois... Mississippi River at Canton. Mississippi River at Clarksville. Mississippi River at Saverton. Mississippi River at Winfield. Mississippi River at Hannibal. River forecasts are based on observed precipitation and forecast precipitation for the next 24 hours.

What

Minor flooding is forecast.

Where

Mississippi River at Winfield.

When

From Thursday afternoon to Monday afternoon.

Impacts

At 23.0 feet, A few local islands begin to flood. 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 12:00 PM CDT Monday the stage was 19.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage Thursday afternoon to a crest of 27.4 feet early Saturday morning. It will then fall below flood stage late Sunday morning. - Flood stage is 26.0 feet.

Instructions

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. This product, along with additional weather and stream information, is available at https://water.noaa.gov/wfo/lsx

Affected areas

  • Calhoun County, IL
  • Lincoln County, MO

Public contact

Issuer
NWS St Louis MO

Message record

Received
Issue to receipt
~46s
CAP status
Actual
CAP message type
Update
Lifecycle
Updated
Source
NWWS-OI
Feed
NWWS
Recovered
No
CAP routing and identity
ULID
01M32FXHGKFQ9J61TP9YAJQY0W
Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fc8a11ba326c79f672df73360dba31f069465968.004.1
Sender
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Scope
Public
CAP source
211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes
IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office
NWS St Louis MO
AWIPS ID
CAPLSX
NWWS sequence
nwws_processor.7445
WMO heading
XOUS53
WMO data type
CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography
United States (US)
WMO bulletin number
53

References

Sender
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent
Sender
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent

Event codes

NameValue
SAMEFLS
NationalWeatherServiceFLW

Parameters

NameValue
AWIPSidentifierFLSLSX
WMOidentifierWGUS83 KLSX 211723
NWSheadlineFLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO MONDAY AFTERNOON
BLOCKCHANNELEAS
BLOCKCHANNELNWEM
EAS-ORGWXR
VTEC/O.EXT.KLSX.FL.W.0114.260924T2248Z-260928T2136Z/
eventEndingTime2026-09-28T16:36:00-05:00
BLOCKCHANNELCMAS
Locations

Location data

  • Calhoun County, IL
  • Lincoln County, MO
NameValue
SAME017013
SAME029113
UGCILC013
UGCMOC113
Polygons
39.25,-90.83 39.25,-90.71 39.12,-90.65 38.96,-90.65 38.88,-90.57 38.8,-90.57 38.85,-90.73 39.1,-90.76 39.25,-90.83