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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

628 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008



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JERSEY IL-MACOUPIN IL-

628 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR

MACOUPIN AND JERSEY COUNTIES...



AT 624 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OVER

THE WARNED AREA WITH AN ADDITIONAL HALF AN INCH TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

IN THE PAST 3 HOURS. MORE SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

MOVE OVER THE AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

WILSONVILLE...VIRDEN...STAUNTON...SHIPMAN...PALMYRA...MOUNT OLIVE...

KEMPER...JERSEYVILLE...GIRARD...GILLESPIE...CARLINVILLE...BUNKER

HILL...BRIGHTON AND BENLD.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE 

IN THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 3899 8970 3900 9028 3892 9029 3898 9056

      3910 9061 3918 9057 3918 9052 3916 9051

      3918 9033 3922 9032 3922 9023 3926 9015

      3953 9014 3953 8971 3952 8970

TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 180DEG 0KT 3900 9031



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