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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

706 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008



ILC133-157-MOC007-019-027-051-055-071-073-093-099-123-135-139-151-

179-186-187-219-221-101600-

/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080410T1600Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

RANDOLPH IL-MONROE IL-REYNOLDS MO-MADISON MO-IRON MO-ST. FRANCOIS MO-

STE. GENEVIEVE MO-WASHINGTON MO-CRAWFORD MO-JEFFERSON MO-FRANKLIN MO-

OSAGE MO-GASCONADE MO-COLE MO-MONITEAU MO-WARREN MO-CALLAWAY MO-

MONTGOMERY MO-BOONE MO-AUDRAIN MO-

706 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR  

AUDRAIN...BOONE...MONTGOMERY...CALLAWAY...WARREN...MONITEAU...COLE...

GASCONADE...OSAGE...FRANKLIN...JEFFERSON...CRAWFORD...WASHINGTON...

STE. GENEVIEVE...ST. FRANCOIS...IRON...MADISON...REYNOLDS...MONROE 

AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES...



...VERY SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD THREAT DEVELOPING FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL 

AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...



AT 701 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED 

THAT ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN IS LOCATED OVER 

SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...AND WILL BE SPREADING INTO CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...DURING THE MORNING.  



LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS ALREADY REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN SEVERAL 

LOCATIONS IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS 

GOING TO MAKE A DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION EVEN WORSE.  THOSE 

LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS ARE URGED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...OR 

HAVE PLANS FOR SAFE AND RAPID EVACUATION IF IT BECOMES NECESSARY.  

IF FLOOD WATERS RISE RAPIDY AND THREATEN...DO NOT WAIT...MOVE TO 

SAFETY AT ONCE 



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ST. CLAIR...WILLIAMSBURG

...WESTPHALIA...WASHINGTON...WARRENTON...UNION...TRUESDALE...

TIPTON...TAOS...STURGEON...ST. THOMAS...ROSEBUD...ROCHEPORT...

PACIFIC...NEW HAVEN...MOUNT STERLING...MONTGOMERY 

CITY...MEXICO...MARTHASVILLE...LADDONIA...JONESBURG...JEFFERSON 

CITY...JAMESTOWN...HOUSE SPRINGS...HOLTS SUMMIT...HIGH 

POINT...HERMANN...GRAY SUMMIT...FULTON...COLUMBIA...

CHAMOIS...CENTRALIA...CENTERTOWN...CEDAR HILL...CALIFORNIA...BIG 

SPRING...BELLFLOWER...AND ASHLAND.



THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...

INTERSTATE 44 FROM EXIT 203 TO EXIT 257.

INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI FROM EXIT 115 TO EXIT 193.

INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSOURI FROM EXIT 141 TO EXIT 187.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3751 9133 3769 9118 3779 9155 3828 9166

      3833 9240 3860 9286 3870 9262 3926 9243

      3924 9159 3879 9102 3854 9095 3856 9078

      3811 8967 3782 8968 3789 8984 3783 8999

      3765 9014 3730 9015 3727 9073 3706 9098

TIME...MOT...LOC 1206Z 180DEG 0KT 3835 9105



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