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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1042 PM CDT THU JUL 3 2008



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CLINTON IL-

1042 PM CDT THU JUL 3 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR

CLINTON COUNTY...



AT 1039 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVY RAIN WAS SLOWLY TAPERING OFF...AND SHOULD BE MOVING 

OUT OF CLINTON COUNTY BY MIDNIGHT.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TRENTON...ST.

ROSE...SHATTUC...JAMESTOWN...GERMANTOWN...CARLYLE...BREESE...BOULDER.

..BECKEMEYER...AVISTON AND ALBERS.  THE CLINTON COUNTY SHERIFF 

REPORTED THAT MAIN ROADS WERE OPEN...BUT THAT MANY ROADS STILL HAD A 

FEW INCHES OF WATER THEM.  SMALLER RURAL ROADS MAY STILL BE 

INUNDATED...SO BE VERY CAUTIOUS IF YOU MUST DRIVE AROUND THE AREA 

TONIGHT.



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.



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 3850 8915 3851 8934 3851 8935 3849 8939

      3849 8946 3846 8948 3848 8957 3847 8962

      3843 8967 3842 8971 3865 8971 3866 8960

      3874 8960 3874 8914



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