With no rainfall Tuesday, local river and stream levels began to drop back to normal.
After reaching 27 feet late Monday night, the Missouri River in Jefferson City was predicted to reach the flood stage of 23 feet around 2 p.m. this afternoon.
The Moreau River near Jefferson City went up to 33.5 feet Monday afternoon, but by Tuesday afternoon was already back down to the flood stage of 17 feet.
The Osage River near St. Thomas hit 29.5 feet Monday afternoon and should drop to near the flood stage of 16 feet by Thursday afternoon.
In the wake of record flooding, state officials are urging Missourians who need disaster information, shelter information, and referrals to call the United Way's 211 service, which is now available throughout the state.
Dial 211 (or 1-800-427-4626) 24 hours a day, seven days a week to get connected to a trained resource specialist.
Multilingual services are also available. Calls are free and confidential.
During a disaster, 211 can help find services such as:
• Providing callers with important and relevant information on resources that are available
• Managing and tracking available resources
• Providing volunteer and donation referrals and information
• Offering information for coordination of services since United Way 211 knows what organizations are providing what kinds of services, when and for whom
• Maintaining up-to-date information through collaboration with emergency management and disaster response agencies whether local, state or federal.
Resources 211 can connect residents with during a disaster include:
• Missing persons tracking
• Information on road conditions
• Sheltering, meals and goods available
• Health services
• Debris clean-up and removal
• Traveler's aid
• Displaced pet information
• Counseling and mental health service
Some government sites allow residents to go online for up-to-date flood information, including:
• General flood readiness - ready.gov/floods
• Road conditions, traveler.modot.org/map/
• Missouri Basin river forecast center - weather.gov/mbrfc