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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

754 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008



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AUDRAIN MO-PIKE MO-RALLS MO-

754 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR

AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND SOUTHEASTERN RALLS AND

WESTERN PIKE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...



AT 747 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND THE DEPARTMENT 

OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED THAT A NUMBER OF ROADS WERE CLOSED DUE TO 

FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE WARNED AREA. SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD END ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY LATE  

MORNING...WITH ANOTHER INCH OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE. 



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

SPENCERBURG...NEW LONDON...FRANKFORD AND CURRYVILLE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



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 3935 9232 3933 9144 3959 9147 3959 9121

      3914 9119 3915 9164 3906 9165 3907 9211

      3924 9211 3925 9232



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