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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

710 AM CDT THU APR 21 2005



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JEFFERSON MO-

710 AM CDT THU APR 21 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR JEFFERSON

COUNTY...



SERIOUS FLOODING IS BEING REPORTED IN PARTS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY THIS 

MORNING.  SHORTLY BEFORE 7 AM...THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE 

REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 21 WAS BEING CLOSED NEAR HILLSBORO DUE TO 2 TO 

3 FEET OF WATER COVERING THE ROAD.



NUMEROUS STREETS WERE ALSO FLOODED IN BOTH THE HILLSBORO AND DE 

SOTO AREAS.  



AT 705 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAD NOW PUSHED INTO SOUTHERN JEFFERSON 

COUNTY...SOUTH OF DE SOTO.  IF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE 

SOUTH...THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL EXIT THE COUNTY BETWEEN 730 AND 8 

AM.  HOWEVER...RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD 

THREAT FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE END OF THE RAIN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY.  IF YOU COME ACROSS A FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND AND FIND A 

SAFE ROUTE TO YOUR DESTINATION. DO NOT BECOME A STATISTIC...NO TRIP 

IS WORTH YOUR LIFE  



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 



LAT...LON 3801 9061 3807 9060 3819 9077 3846 9073

      3844 9066 3849 9058 3849 9041 3844 9039

      3845 9035 3823 9037 3812 9026 3809 9030

      3810 9034 3804 9043



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