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WGUS73 KPAH 272333

FFSPAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

633 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006



MOC031-280100-

CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-

633 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR CAPE

GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...



AT 633 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING OF 

NUMEROUS ROADS IN THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU AND OVER THE SOUTHERN 

PART OF THE COUNTY. WATER PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ALONG SUCH 

MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AS BROADWAY AND KINGSHIGHWAY. FLOODING WAS 

REPORTED ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 FROM JACKSON TO CAPE 

GIRARDEAU. UP TO 2 FEET OF WATER WAS OBSERVED ON MISSOURI ROUTE C 

JUST WEST OF GORDONVILLE.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 8 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN OVER AND JUST WEST OF WEST OF THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU. 

OFFICIALS FROM CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY HAVE RELAYED NUMEROUS 

OCCURRENCES OF PEOPLE STRANDED IN VEHICLES DUE TO FLOOD WATERS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CAPE 

GIRARDEAU...JACKSON...MILLERSVILLE...GORDONVILLE...DUTCHTOWN...AND 

DELTA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA. IT CANNOT BE OVERSTATED...DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS IT IS AN 

ABSOLUTE EMERGENCY. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT 

RISK



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE 

THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING 

WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER 

MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3760 8986 3759 8970 3758 8969 3760 8961

      3757 8959 3757 8953 3749 8950 3741 8943

      3736 8944 3732 8951 3728 8952 3725 8950

      3723 8962 3714 8976 3713 8986



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RJP

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000 

WGUS73 KPAH 272333

FFSPAH



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

633 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006



MOC031-280100-

CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-

633 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR CAPE

GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...



AT 633 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING OF 

NUMEROUS ROADS IN THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU AND OVER THE SOUTHERN 

PART OF THE COUNTY. WATER PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ALONG SUCH 

MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AS BROADWAY AND KINGSHIGHWAY. FLOODING WAS 

REPORTED ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 FROM JACKSON TO CAPE 

GIRARDEAU. UP TO 2 FEET OF WATER WAS OBSERVED ON MISSOURI ROUTE C 

JUST WEST OF GORDONVILLE.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 8 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN OVER AND JUST WEST OF WEST OF THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU. 

OFFICIALS FROM CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY HAVE RELAYED NUMEROUS 

OCCURRENCES OF PEOPLE STRANDED IN VEHICLES DUE TO FLOOD WATERS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CAPE 

GIRARDEAU...JACKSON...MILLERSVILLE...GORDONVILLE...DUTCHTOWN...AND 

DELTA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA. IT CANNOT BE OVERSTATED...DO NOT TRAVEL UNLESS IT IS AN 

ABSOLUTE EMERGENCY. IF YOU DO TRAVEL...YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT 

RISK



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE 

THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING 

WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER 

MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3760 8986 3759 8970 3758 8969 3760 8961

      3757 8959 3757 8953 3749 8950 3741 8943

      3736 8944 3732 8951 3728 8952 3725 8950

      3723 8962 3714 8976 3713 8986



$$



RJP

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