

873 

RWUS32 KSTL 140450

FFSSTL

MOZ018-019-140715-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1150 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LEWIS AND KNOX

COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CDT...



AT 1142 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM SOUTH OF 

PLEVNA NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHEAST IOWA.  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH

AT 15 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER KNOX AND WESTERN LEWIS 

COUNTY THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



AT 1100 PM CDT...A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTED THAT 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE LAST THREE HOURS AT EDINA.  ANOTHER INCH OR 

TWO OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WARNED AREA BY 2 AM.



AT 1145 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SOME COUNTY ROADS HAVE FLOODED 

IN KNOX COUNTY.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. AVOID BRIDGES...DIPS...

OR OTHER LOW LYING AREAS...AND NEVER 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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER

SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS AND COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



$$



BRITT

