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WGUS73 KLSX 271231

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

631 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



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ADAMS IL-MONROE MO-MARION MO-SHELBY MO-LEWIS MO-

631 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CST FOR

LEWIS...SHELBY...MARION...MONROE AND ADAMS COUNTIES...



AT 613 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

THAT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT...BETWEEN 1.5 

AND 2.5 INCHES...OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

GOLDEN...LEWISTOWN...LA BELLE...CANTON...AND QUINCY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA...AS ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

IMPACT THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING. 



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 4025 9153 4025 9150 4020 9150 4019 9092

      3977 9092 3976 9137 3969 9132 3969 9172

      3934 9173 3935 9231 3995 9229 3995 9196

      4026 9195



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