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WGUS73 KLSX 242050

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

344 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2007



ILC117-119-242315-

MADISON IL-MACOUPIN IL-

351 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN MACOUPIN AND NORTHERN MADISON COUNTIES...



AT 342 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT 

HIGH WATER OVER THE WARNED AREA.  THOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED 

FOR NOW...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 

EARLY EVENING.  IF THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP OVER THE AREA THE 

FLOODING COULD CONTINUE LATER INTO THE EVENING.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

WILSONVILLE...MOUNT OLIVE...GILLESPIE AND BENLD.  PEOPLE TRAVELING 

ON ILLINOIS ROUTE 4 AND OLD ROUTE 66 SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS.  

ALSO...PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR CAHOKIA CREEK IN SOUTHEAST MACOUPIN AND 

NORTHEAST MADISON COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WATER LEVEL CLOSELY 

AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF THE CREEK FLOODS.



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3887 8985 3906 8991 3914 8991 3917 8986

      3916 8971 3893 8965



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