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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

641 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2008



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STE. GENEVIEVE MO-

641 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2008



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

CENTRAL STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY...



AT 632 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED

AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCKY RIDGE 

RIVER AUX VASES...WEINGARTEN AND BLOOMSDALE.



RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED THIS EVENING 

IN THIS AREA. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA. 



RIVERS AND CREEKS IN THIS AREA ARE LIKELY EXPERIENCING FLASH 

FLOODING AND THEY INCLUDE LITTLE SALINE RIVER...THE RIVER AUX 

VASES...MILL CREEK...AND COPPER MINE CREEK.  



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.



FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING 

AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG 

STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA 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.



LAT...LON 3788 9045 3798 9032 3805 9041 3796 8996

      3791 8998 3787 8994 3782 9001



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