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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

932 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2007



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REYNOLDS MO-MADISON MO-IRON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-

932 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN ST. FRANCOIS...IRON...MADISON AND REYNOLDS COUNTIES...



AT 930 PM CDT...AN EAST TO WEST BAND OF RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL 

THROUGH THE HEART OF THE AREA WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLING FROM

10 MILES SOUTH OF FREDERICKTOWN TO ANNAPOLIS TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST 

OF ELLINGTON.  DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES INDICATE 

RAINFALL TOTALS THIS EVENING OF 2 TO 3 INCHES FROM 10 MILES 

NORTHWEST OF ELLINGTON THROUGH GLOVER TO NEAR FREDERICKTOWN.



TREES ARE OVER THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 21 NORTH OF ANNAPOLIS APPARENTLY 

LOOSENED BY HEAVY RAINS. WATER IS OVER THE HIGHWAY IN THE ROYAL 

GORGE AREA ON HIGHWAY 21 JUST NORTH OF GLOVER.



THE RAIN WILL TAPER OFF AND END LATER THIS EVENING BUT RUNOFF WILL 

CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VIBURNUM...

ROSELLE...PILOT KNOB...OATES...KNOB LICK...JUNCTION CITY...IRONTON...

IRON MOUNTAIN...GLOVER...FREDERICKTOWN...BUNKER...BIXBY...BELLEVIEW

AND ARCADIA.



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.



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 3721 9115 3749 9123 3750 9132 3759 9134

      3760 9118 3774 9115 3774 9066 3776 9057

      3766 9018 3732 9017 3730 9023 3731 9054

      3727 9056 3727 9073 3717 9073 3710 9078

      3705 9093

TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 180DEG 0KT 3745 9090



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