ST. LOUIS – The National Weather Service in St. Louis has continued its flood warning for the Mississippi River at Chester.
At 10:30 a.m. Wednesday the stage was 29.8 feet, 2.8 feet above the 27.0 foot flood stage.
The river is expected to fall below flood stage tomorrow afternoon and continue falling to 26.0 feet Friday morning.
…FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE FRIDAY EVENING…
* WHAT…Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE…Mississippi River at Chester.
* WHEN…Until late Friday evening.
* IMPACTS…At 31.5 feet, In Perry County, Highway E is closed
between County Road 322 and Levee Road (County Road 354) at Bois
Brule Creek.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 10:30 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 29.8 feet.
– Forecast…The river is expected to fall below flood stage
tomorrow afternoon and continue falling to 26.0 feet Friday
morning.
– Flood stage is 27.0 feet.