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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

248 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009



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ST. LOUIS CITY MO-ST. LOUIS MO-

248 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CST FOR

NORTHEASTERN ST. LOUIS AND NORTHERN ST. LOUIS CITY COUNTIES...



AT 240 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.  ADDITIONALLY...

ST. LOUIS CITY POLICE REPORTED WATER SEVERAL INCHES DEEP FLOWING 

OVER ROADS IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CITY.  DO NOT DRIVE INTO 

AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.  MOST FLASH FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR 

IN AUTOMOBILES WHERE THE DRIVER ENTERS FLOWING WATER AND THE VEHICLE 

IS SWEPT AWAY.  PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES CAN BE 

SWEPT AWAY JUST AS EASILY AS SMALLER CARS.  DO NOT BECOME A 

STATISTIC



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

FERGUSON...SPANISH LAKE...DELLWOOD...BLACK JACK AND BELLEFONTAINE

NEIGHBORS.



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.



LAT...LON 3877 9017 3871 9020 3869 9020 3866 9018

      3865 9018 3868 9034 3881 9028 3884 9022

      3882 9020 3882 9015 3878 9015



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