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St. Louis, MO – Repeated rounds of heavy rain could push major rivers toward flood stage across the Missouri–Illinois–Kentucky tri-state region beginning March 7, raising concerns for low-lying communities before St. Patrick’s Day.
According to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center outlook issued February 27 and valid March 7-13, a broad swath of 60-70% probability for above normal precipitation stretches across the South-Central and East-Central U.S. A high risk, greater than 60%, for heavy precipitation from March 7-10 is centered on the Lower Ohio, Tennessee and Middle Mississippi Valleys, placing southeast Missouri, southern Illinois and western Kentucky in a prime flood corridor…