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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1144 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009



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MONROE IL-ST. CLAIR IL-

1144 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. CLAIR AND MONROE

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 IT FALLING WITHIN 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...BELLEVILLE...CAHOKIA...CASEYVILLE...CENTREVILLE...

COLUMBIA...DUPO...EAST ST. LOUIS...FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS...FREEBURG...

LEBANON...MASCOUTAH...MILLSTADT...OFALLON...SCOTT AFB...SHILOH...

SWANSEA...WASHINGTON PARK...WATERLOO...BROOKLYN...EAST CARONDELET...

FAIRMONT CITY...FOUNTAIN...MARISSA...NEW ATHENS...NEW DESIGN...

SMITHTON AND VALMEYER.



AT 1015 PM...AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED 6 INCHES OF WATER 

FLOWING OVER THE INTERSECTION OF ILLINOIS HIGHWAYS 177 AND 4 IN 

MASCOUTAH.



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 3822 9004 3814 9004 3809 9021 3815 9028

      3821 9035 3829 9038 3837 9036 3844 9029

      3855 9025 3861 9018 3866 9018 3866 8971

      3822 8971



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