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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

905 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME

SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...



THE STORM SYSTEM THAT PRODUCED THE WIDESPREAD WET WEATHER FRIDAY

NIGHT AND SATURDAY HAS NOW EXITED THE AREA.  ALTHOUGH SOME SPOTTY

RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN HAS

ENDED.



EVEN THOUGH THE WET WEATHER IS COMING TO AN END...THOSE

LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO CAREFULLY MONITOR

WATER LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.  THE RUNOFF FROM TODAYS RAIN WILL

BE FLOWING INTO CREEKS AND STREAMS THAT ARE ALREADY NEAR OR ABOVE

BANKFULL...POSING A THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING.  NUMEROUS FLOOD

WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR RIVERS ACROSS THE REGION.



IN ADDITION...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION OVERNIGHT AND EARLY

SUNDAY.  THE HEAVY RAINS OF THE PAST 24 HOURS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY

CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED AND LOW LYING AREAS...AND

WELL AS TO LOW WATER CROSSINGS THAT ARE COMMON IN SOME AREAS OF

CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN APPROACHING AREAS KNOWN TO FLOOD DURING

TIMES OF WET WEATHER...SINCE DARKNESS OFTEN OBSCURES WATER

OVERTOPPING ROADS.  IF YOU DO ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN

AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.



NO TRIP IS WORTH YOUR LIFE.  OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS...MOST OF THE

FLOOD DEATHS IN THE REGION HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY PEOPLE DRIVING INTO

FLOOD WATERS.  DO NOT BECOME A STATISTIC



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