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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

918 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005



ILC163-MOC189-510-130430-

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

918 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005



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

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



AT 909 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARSON WOODS

...UNIVERSITY CITY...TOWN AND COUNTRY...ST. LOUIS...ST. JOHN...

ST. ANN...RICHMOND HEIGHTS...OVERLAND...OLIVETTE...MARYLAND 

HEIGHTS...MAPLEWOOD...LADUE...HILLSDALE...UPLANDS PARK...GREENDALE...

FRONTENAC...CREVE COEUR...CLAYTON...CLARKSON VALLEY...CHESTERFIELD...

BRENTWOOD...BEVERLY HILLS AND EAST ST. LOUIS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND 

UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.  IN 

PARTICULAR HIGHWAY 141 AND LADUE ROAD ONE HALF MILE OF HIGHWAY 40 

WAS UNDER 2 AND HALF FEET OF WATER.  THIS ROAD HAS BEEN CLOSED UNTIL 

THE WATER RECEDES.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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

      3824 8972 3843 8972 3881 9055



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