...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Major flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Kaskaskia River at Vandalia.
* WHEN...Until Saturday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...At 26.0 feet, The Dively and Vandalia Levees begin to be
overtopped.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 10:00 PM CDT Monday the stage was 16.6 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage just
after midnight tonight to a crest of 26.0 feet early Wednesday
afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage Friday morning.
- Flood stage is 18.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 26.0
feet on 04/21/1970.
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