By BRENT MARTIN

St. Joseph Post

The level of the Missouri River at St. Joseph has dropped out of the major flood stage.

The National Weather Service reports the river at St. Joseph at 26.8 feet at 7:30am as the crest flows downstream, to central Missouri.

The Weather Service considers the Missouri River at St. Joseph to enter major flood stage when the crest tops 27 feet. The crest reached an unofficial record Friday, when it nudged above the crest of 32.1 feet set in the 1993 flood. Moderate flood stage is between a crest of 21 feet to 27 feet.

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