Latest numbers on Flood Warning for Kaskaskia River in Vandalia–River said to have crested at 27.3 feet last night

* WHAT...Major flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.
  This approaches the flood of record.

* WHERE...Kaskaskia River at Vandalia.

* WHEN...Until Thursday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 27.5 feet, Near this level, the left bank levee just
  south of the U.S. Highway 51 bridge is overtopped.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 9:00 PM CDT Sunday the stage was 27.2 feet.
  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
    ending at 9:00 PM CDT Sunday was 27.2 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 27.3
    feet just after midnight Sunday night. It will then fall below
    flood stage early Wednesday morning.
  - Flood stage is 18.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    27.4 feet on 06/29/1951.