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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1027 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009



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FAYETTE IL-

1027 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FAYETTE COUNTY UNTIL 100

AM CDT...



AT 1018 PM CDT...ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED FOR THE 

EVENING...FLOODING IS STILL LIKELY AS RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN 

CONTINUES TO DRAIN INTO AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS.  DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER PARTS OF THE 

COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY BETWEEN RAMSEY 

AND WRIGHTS CORNER.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT 

LIMITED TO...VANDALIA...BROWNSTOWN...FARINA...RAMSEY...

SHOBONIER...ST. ELMO AND WRIGHTS CORNER.



THE FAYETTE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT SEVERAL FEET OF 

WATER WAS RUNNING OVER ROADS IN ST. PETER EARLIER THIS EVENING DUE 

TO THE HEAVY RAIN MAKING THEM IMPASSABLE.



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.



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LAT...LON 3883 8914 3874 8915 3874 8926 3921 8925

      3922 8881 3892 8880 3892 8870 3883 8870



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