The National Weather Service in St. Louis has issued a
* Flood Warning for the Kaskaskia River at Vandalia * At 9:30 PM Thursday the stage was 16.7 feet. * Flood stage is 18.0 feet. * The river stage will fluctuate but generally fall then begin rising later this weekend. * Minor flooding is forecast. * Impact: At 19.2 feet…State Highway J just east of County Road 206 begins to flood near this height. * Impact: At 18.0 feet…Flood Stage. Minor flooding begins. Unprotected farmland begins to flood.