Sentence examples for record crests from inspiring English sources

But for now it is reassuring to the inhabitants of the upper Midwest to know that the most serious threat -- along with the record crests -- has subsided.

The precipitation, combined with snow melt, has pushed the Black River and other tributaries to record crests, flooding low-lying areas that include hundreds of houses in places like Watertown and Carthage.

"The water's been where it's never been before," said Barb Margherio, whose house in Hardin, Ill., went under when the Illinois, Missouri and Mississippi combined record crests the first couple of days of this month.

The rains resulted in 3 feet of floodwaters across western Florida, and both the Manatee River and the Phillippi Creek experienced record crests.

The water was expected to rise another three feet by Friday morning, and reach a record crest, 12 feet higher than the previous record, set in 1851.

The river hit a high-water mark of 36.9 feet, about a foot lower than what had been expected, and four feet lower than last year's record crest.

The river topped out at 47.8 feet early Tuesday, far above flood stage, but lower than the predicted crest of 48 feet and almost a foot lower than the record crest of 48.7 feet in 1937.

At St . Louistoday, the river was at 47.5 feet and expected to rise a bit by the weekend, but not to the record crest of 49.4 feet of Sunday, the National Weather Service said.

To complicate matters, the National Weather Service is forecasting continued rains in the region, and corps analysts predict that the record crest could continue for more than five days, placing untold stress on the earthen levee and floodwall defenses that ring Cairo.

The river has remained in record flood stage for more than week, and current forecasts don't show the river falling below the level of its previous record crest until Tuesday.

The former of these experienced a record crest of 16.8 feet.