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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1215 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR

SCOTLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



HEAVY RAINFALL HAS NOW SUBSIDED OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH JUST A FEW 

SPRINKLES OR LIGHT RAIN MOVING EAST OF THE COUNTY. STREAMS AND 

CREEKS HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD 

THREAT. EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS 

MAY STILL BE COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID 

DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



AT 1212 AM CDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FEW COUNTY ROADS 

WERE STILL COVERED WITH WATER BUT WERE NOW PASSABLE AND WATER WAS 

RECEDING QUICKLY ACROSS THE AREA.  THIS IS THE BASIS FOR ALLOWING 

THE WARNING TO EXPIRE AT 1245 AM CDT



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4059 9235 4031 9236 4032 9199 4060 9199



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