Carbondale, IL Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TUESDAY EVENING...

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

* WHERE...Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau.

* WHEN...Until late Tuesday evening.

* IMPACTS...At 32.0 feet, Minor flooding occurs.  The Mississippi
River backs into several creeks producing flooding.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 10:00 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 32.9 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 10:00 AM CDT Sunday was 32.9 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 32.9
feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage
Tuesday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 32.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING...

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

* WHERE...Mississippi River at Chester.

* WHEN...Until Wednesday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 28.0 feet, Unleveed islands near Chester and the
prison farm floods.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 10:00 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 28.2 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 10:00 AM CDT Sunday was 28.5 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 28.3
feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage
early Tuesday morning.
- Flood stage is 27.0 feet.



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Fld   Observed  Forecasts (7:00 am)
Location           Stg    Stage    Mon   Tue   Wed   Thu   Fri

Mississippi River
Chester          27.0    28.2    27.8  26.8  25.8  25.1  24.5



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