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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1057 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2009



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

ST. CHARLES MO-

1057 AM CDT MON JUN 15 2009



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

LOUIS...ST. LOUIS CITY...NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND NORTHERN JEFFERSON

COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT...



AT 1045 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS THE METRO AREA.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS ARE FORISTELL...

WENTZVILLE...LAKE ST LOUIS...DARDENNE PRAIRIE...WELDON SPRING...

CHESTERFIELD...TOWN AND COUNTRY...MANCHESTER...UNIVERSITY CITY...

KIRKWOOD...AND SUNSET HILLS.



AT 1045 AM CDT...AUTOMATED STREAM GAGES IN ST LOUIS AND ST CHARLES 

COUNTIES INDICATED THAT FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN PERUQUE CREEK...2 

MILE CREEK...SEBAGO CREEK...DEER CREEK... AND MACKENZIE CREEK.  

ADDITIONALLY...FLOODING IS LIKELY ON DARDENNE CREEK



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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LAT...LON 3883 9016 3845 9030 3849 9095 3888 9093



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