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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

756 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005



ILC163-MOC189-510-130430-

ST. CLAIR IL-ST. LOUIS CITY MO-ST. LOUIS MO-

756 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR ST. LOUIS...

ST. LOUIS CITY AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES...



AT 755 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



CREVE COUER CREEK NEAR CHESTERFIELD HAS RAPIDLY RISEN OVER THE PAST 

HOUR AND IS NOW 5 FEET ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE AND RISING FURTHER.  

PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ASKED TO HEAD FOR HIGHER GROUND IF 

FLOOD WATERS THREATEN...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED 

ROADWAYS. 



IN ADDITION...SOME INTERSECTIONS IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY ARE 

FLOODED...INCLUDING ROUTE 141 AND DUTCH MILL DRIVE.



SOME CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS ARE EITHER APPROACHING BANKFULL OR ARE 

FLOODING IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WOODSON

TERRACE...WILDWOOD...WEBSTER GROVES...WARSON WOODS...VALLEY PARK...

UNIVERSITY CITY...TOWN AND COUNTRY...SUNSET HILLS...ST. LOUIS...ST.

JOHN...ST. ANN...SHREWSBURY...RICHMOND HEIGHTS...OVERLAND...

OLIVETTE...OAKLAND...MEHLVILLE...MARYLAND HEIGHTS...MAPLEWOOD...

MANCHESTER...LEMAY...LAKESHIRE...LADUE...KIRKWOOD...HILLSDALE...

UPLANDS PARK...GREENDALE...GLENDALE...FRONTENAC...FENTON...

ELLISVILLE...DES PERES...CREVE COEUR...CRESTWOOD...CLAYTON...CLARKSON

VALLEY...CHESTERFIELD...BRENTWOOD...BEVERLY HILLS...BALLWIN...

AFFTON...SWANSEA...EAST ST. LOUIS...EAST CARONDELET...DUPO...

CENTREVILLE...CAHOKIA AND BELLEVILLE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



LAT...LON 3867 9069 3850 9070 3850 9041 3824 8981

      3824 8972 3843 8972 3881 9055



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