| Event | Flood Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Likely |
| Area | Pike, IL; Pike, MO |
| Effective | 9/23/2026, 11:53:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 9/25/2026, 12:00:00 AM CDT |
Flood Warning issued September 23 at 11:53AM CDT until September 28 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS St Louis MO
Details
…The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Illinois…Missouri…
Mississippi River at Louisiana.
River forecasts are based on observed precipitation and forecast
precipitation for the next 24 hours.
* WHAT…Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE…Mississippi River at Louisiana.
* WHEN…From Thursday afternoon to Monday evening.
* IMPACTS…At 15.0 feet, The first quarter mile of Edison Avenue
beyond the railroad tracks begins flooding near this height.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 11:30 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 13.9 feet.
– Forecast…The river is expected to rise above flood stage
tomorrow afternoon to a crest of 15.9 feet Friday evening. It
will then fall below flood stage Sunday afternoon.
– Flood stage is 15.0 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
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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