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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

913 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2009



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IRON MO-WASHINGTON MO-CRAWFORD MO-

913 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2009



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD...

SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND IRON COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...



AT 904 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS 

THE WARNED AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND 

OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...NO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AT THE 

MOMENT. 



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE 

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...BIXBY...COURTOIS AND VIBURNUM.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT

ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT

STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 ONLY TAKES A FEW

INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



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 3760 9117 3769 9117 3770 9132 3784 9133

      3783 9085 3760 9085 3760 9103 3759 9107



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