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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1213 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008



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PIKE IL-PIKE MO-RALLS MO-

1213 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR PIKE

COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND RALLS AND PIKE COUNTIES IN

NORTHEAST MISSOURI...



AT 1203 AM CDT...RADAR ESTIMATES AND SPOTTERS REPORT BETWEEN ONE AND 

TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 830 PM. ADDITIONAL RAIN... 

BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES...WILL FALL OVER THE WARNED AREA IN THE 

NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CURRYVILLE 

...PLEASANT HILL...PITTSFIELD...PIKE...GRIGGSVILLE...BARRY... 

ATLAS...SPENCERBURG...SPAULDING...RENSSELAER...PERRY...NEW LONDON... 

LOUISIANA...FRANKFORD...CLARKSVILLE AND CENTER.



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 3984 9057 3971 9065 3956 9058 3939 9062

      3940 9094 3929 9077 3922 9073 3923 9118

      3914 9119 3915 9141 3932 9144 3932 9167

      3934 9173 3969 9172 3969 9132 3973 9137

      3976 9137 3977 9092 3985 9092



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