Arnold City Park Closed This Weekend

Heavy rains over the past week and the rising level of the Meramec River caused Arnold's city leaders to close Arnold City Park for this Saturday and Sunday.

The information was posted on the city's Facebook page and tweeted on its Twitter account at about 2 p.m. this afternoon. 

The Meramec River, which borders the park and the city's north boundary, has a water level of about 34-feet, according to the National Weather Service. The river floods at 24-feet. 

The water levels should crest at about 37-feet on Saturday barring any further rainfall, the NWS said. 

The Meramec flows into the Mississippi River, at a point southwest of Arnold, which also has been flooded with a water level of about 34-feet, the NWS said.

The Mississippi River water level crested at about 34-feet at 5 p.m. today and is forecast to fall to 30-feet, below flood stage, by Wednesday, the NWS said.