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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

941 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2009



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WARREN MO-MONTGOMERY MO-

941 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2009



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONTGOMERY AND WARREN

COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...



AT 931 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES IN A 

BAND GENERALLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR.



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...MONTGOMERY CITY...WARRENTON...WRIGHT CITY...BIG SPRING...

DUTZOW...JONESBURG...MARTHASVILLE...MINEOLA...NEW FLORENCE AND

TRUESDALE.



MONTGOMERY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS THAT PARTS OF 

INTERSTATE 70 ARE SHUT DOWN IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY DUE TO HIGH WATER.  

PARTS OF THE OUTER SERVICE ROADS ARE UNDER WATER AS WELL. 

ADDITIONALLY...PARTS OF HIGHWAY 19 ARE SHUT DOWN AND MOST LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS ARE UNDER WATER.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION  MONTGOMERY COUNTY EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDS THAT PEOPLE RESTRICT NON EMERGENCY TRAVEL 

THROUGH MONTGOMERY COUNTY UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE



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.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON

FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



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LAT...LON 3905 9164 3892 9112 3887 9112 3886 9096

      3860 9097 3870 9133 3876 9165



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