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...WIDESPREAD RAIN OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND
NIGHTS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING ALONG AREA
STREAMS BY THIS WEEKEND...
A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAINS TO THE
REGION OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE LATEST FORECAST GUIDANCE
SUGGESTS THAT RAINS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE
HEAVIEST RAINS OCCURRING TONIGHT...FRIDAY...AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
RIVER FORECASTS BASED ON THIS RAINFALL INDICATE RISES TO NEAR
BANK-FULL OR GREATER ARE LIKELY ON SMALLER STREAMS AND RIVERS
THROUGHOUT THE AREA. THESE FORECASTS ARE BASED ENTIRELY ON 3-DAY
FORECAST RAINFALL...AND ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE INACCURACIES
INHERENT IN THESE EXTENDED RAINFALL FORECASTS. UNDERSTANDING
THIS...IT APPEARS MINOR FLOODING IS LIKELY BY THE WEEKEND ON PARTS
OF THE CUIVRE...THE MERAMEC...THE LA MOINE...THE BOURBEUSE...AND
THE BIG RIVERS.
ON THE MISSISSIPPI AND ILLINOIS RIVERS...THESE RIVERS SHOULD RISE
TO NEW CRESTS...BUT AT MOST LOCATIONS REMAIN WELL BELOW CRESTS
EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS. THE MISSOURI RIVER MAY CLIMB TO
NEAR FLOOD STAGE AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.
PEOPLE NEAR THE SMALLER STREAMS AND RIVERS NEED TO BE ALERT TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF RAPIDLY RISING WATER OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WHEN
DRIVING...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR BRIDGES...AS
THE DEPTH OF THIS WATER MAY NOT BE CERTAIN. PEOPLE WITH INTERESTS
ALONG THE LARGER RIVERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF RIVER
RISES OVER THE NEXT WEEK.