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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

508 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006



ILC133-157-MOC055-099-186-187-221-121245-

RANDOLPH IL-MONROE IL-ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-WASHINGTON 

MO-CRAWFORD MO-JEFFERSON MO-

508 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CST FOR

JEFFERSON...CRAWFORD...WASHINGTON...STE. GENEVIEVE...ST. FRANCOIS...

MONROE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES...



AT 507 AM CST...THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CREATED VERY HEAVY RAIN

HAVE MOVED TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THE AREA BUT RUNOFF CONTINUES

TO CREATE PROBLEMS.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGHWAY H IN ONONDAGA CAVE STATE

PARK HAD ONE FOOT OF WATER OVER THE ROAD NEAR THE MERAMEC RIVER AND

WAS RISING FAST.  SANKE ROAD...HIGHWAYS E...C...AND M...CONTINUE TO

BE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  



IN WASHINGTON COUNTY BRITTON CREEK IN POTOSI IS OUT OF ITS BANKS

AND HAS CLOSED SEVERAL STREETS IN TOWN.  FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AS

FAR EAST AS RANDOLPH COUNTY HAS CLOSED ROADS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN TO THE MERAMEC RIVER. THE MERAMEC HAS

RISEN THREE FEET BETWEEN 200 AM AND 500 AM AT SULLIVAN AND SHOULD

CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THE MORNING TO WITHIN A COUPLE FEET OF 

FLOOD STAGE. MORE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING

AND IF RAINFALL OCCURS THESE FORECASTS WILL HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED

UPWARD.



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 3779 9152 3779 9128 3772 9131 3776 9065

      3765 9066 3766 9015 3787 8994 3796 8961

      3821 8961 3825 8999 3838 9012 3838 9076

      3820 9076 3819 9151



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