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WGUS73 KLSX 312314

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

613 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008



ILC013-MOC071-183-189-219-010145-

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CALHOUN IL-FRANKLIN MO-ST. LOUIS MO-ST. CHARLES MO-WARREN MO-

613 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN WARREN...ST. CHARLES...NORTHERN ST. LOUIS...FRANKLIN AND

SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTIES...



AT 608 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD 

FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WRIGHT

CITY...WEST ALTON...WENTZVILLE...ST. PETERS...ST. PAUL...ST.

CHARLES...PORTAGE DES SIOUX...ORCHARD FARMS...OFALLON...LAKE ST.

LOUIS...DARDENNE PRAIRIE AND COTTLEVILLE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE 

IN THE WARNED AREA.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3821 9137 3869 9137 3888 9095 3888 9081

      3892 9076 3893 9066 3887 9057 3895 9048

      3896 9041 3887 9017 3883 9013 3882 9019

      3889 9032 3883 9037 3882 9046 3869 9055

      3868 9068 3821 9110

TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 180DEG 0KT 3875 9065



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