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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1109 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



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MADISON MO-

1109 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR

MADISON COUNTY...



AT 1056 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

CONTINUING OVER SEVERAL ROADS IN FREDERICKTOWN WHERE AS MUCH AS A 

FOOT AND A HALF OF WATER WAS ON SOME ROADS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF 

RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY...MAINLY 

BETWEEN 7 AND 10 PM THIS EVENING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JUNCTION CITY

AND FREDERICKTOWN. 



FORTUNATELY...THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE LEFT THE AREA AND ARE NOT 

EXPECTED TO MAKE A RETURN TO THE AREA TONIGHT ALTHOUGH A SMALL 

CHANCE DOES STILL EXIST. THE LATEST REPORTS INDICATE THE WATER HAS 

RECEDED IN FREDERICKTOWN SOME.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL DRAIN INTO THE SAINT 

FRANCIS AND CASTOR RIVERS AND LIKELY SIGNFICANTLY RAISE WATER LEVELS 

OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME LATER TONIGHT. INTERESTS ALONG THESE 

RIVERS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT.



IN ADDITION...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF OTHER 

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.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3731 9050 3731 9042 3748 9043 3749 9021

      3741 9019 3740 9015 3756 9015 3762 9048



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