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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1045 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR SCOTLAND

COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...



AT 1042 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

SWATH OF HEAVY RAIN OF 3 TO 7 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE COUNTY 

INCLUDING THE TOWN OF MEMPHIS.  REPORTS FROM LOCAL LAW 

ENFORCEMENT...SPOTTERS AND THE PUBLIC INDICATE FLASH FLOODING 

CONTINUES IN THE WARNED AREA.



THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AND MOVING OVER PORTIONS

OF THE WARNED AREA...LEADING TO THE VERY HIGH RAINFALL RATES AND 

SUBSEQUENT FLASH FLOODING.  ANOTHER HALF INCH OR MORE OF RAIN MAY 

FALL BEFORE STORMS MOVES EAST AROUND MIDNIGHT.



AT 1042 PM CDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLASH 

FLOODING WAS STILL OCCURRING IN THE COUNTY WITH AT LEAST 5 COUNTY 

ROADS CLOSED DUE TO WATER AND HIGHWAY 15 NORTH OF MEMPHIS BARELY 

PASSABLE DUE TO WATER ON THE ROADWAY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 4061 9197 4031 9196 4032 9236 4060 9236



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