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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1054 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007



MOC137-205-031745-

MONROE MO-SHELBY MO-

1054 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR

SHELBY AND MONROE COUNTIES...



AT 1025 AM CDT...SHELBY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT THE 

WATER LEVELS HAD GONE DOWN A LITTLE ON U.S. HIGHWAY 36 EAST OF 

SHELBINA...BUT 8 TO 12 INCHES OF WATER WAS STILL FLOWING OVER THE 

HIGHWAY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

SHELBYVILLE...SHELBINA...EMDEN...CLARENCE...WOODLAWN...GRANVILLE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A QUARTER AND HALF AN INCH ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3994 9227 3939 9229 3939 9185 3994 9185



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