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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

344 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2009



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MONTGOMERY IL-MADISON IL-BOND IL-MACOUPIN IL-

344 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 2009



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MACOUPIN...BOND...

MADISON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...



AT 342 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH 

PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED TO THE EAST OF THE 

WARNED AREA.  SPOTTER AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT A 

NUMBER OF CREEKS ARE NEAR BANKFULL...BUT NO FLOODING WAS REPORTED. 



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MONTGOMERY... 

MADISON...BOND...AND MACOUPIN COUNTIES DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE 

AFTERNOON.  THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL 

IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...WHICH COULD RESULT IN FLOODING. 



PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA THAT LIVE NEAR OR TRAVEL NEAR FLOOD PRONE 

LOCATIONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS.



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LAT...LON 3874 8928 3876 8960 3866 8961 3867 9014

      3878 9014 3883 9011 3886 9014 3952 9014

      3953 8956 3935 8953 3934 8926



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