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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1134 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009



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WASHINGTON MO-JEFFERSON MO-FRANKLIN MO-ST. LOUIS CITY MO-ST. LOUIS MO-

1134 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. LOUIS...ST. LOUIS

CITY...FRANKLIN...JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL

300 AM CDT...



ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINFALL HAVE ENDED...WIDESPREAD 

RAINFALL AMUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 

INCHES WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLING WITH IN AN 

HOUR WILL CONTINUE TO RUN OFF TONIGHT KEEPING CREEKS AND STREAMS 

RUNNING HIGH.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING 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...AFFTON...ANTONIA...ARNOLD...BALLWIN...BARNHART...

BEL-RIDGE...BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS...BERKELEY...BLACK JACK...

BRENTWOOD...BRIDGETON...BYRNES MILL...CEDAR HILL...CHESTERFIELD...

CLARKSON VALLEY...CLAYTON...COOL VALLEY...CRESTWOOD...CREVE COEUR...

CRYSTAL CITY...DE SOTO...DELLWOOD...DES PERES...ELLISVILLE...

EUREKA...FENTON...FERGUSON...FESTUS...FLORISSANT AND FRONTENAC.



THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLOODING IN THE SOUTH COUNTY AREA 

INCLUDING THE RIGHT TWO LANES OF SOUTH BOUND MISSOURI HIGHWAY 141 

BEING CLOSED NEAR MERAMEC STATION ROAD.



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.



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.



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LAT...LON 3808 9062 3805 9064 3805 9092 3820 9100

      3821 9138 3870 9137 3854 9091 3868 9067

      3869 9055 3881 9047 3883 9037 3889 9031

      3881 9012 3871 9020 3861 9018 3834 9037

      3822 9036 3813 9026 3809 9030 3800 9061



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