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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

120 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2001



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CDT...



AT 120 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF LA 

BELLE.  WHILE THIS STORM MAY BRING AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN TO PARTS 

OF LEWIS COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR...IT WILL MOVE EAST OF WHERE THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST FEW HOURS.  RADAR ESTIMATES 

THAT 2 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT KNOX 

COUNTY.    



AREAS AROUND GREENSBURG...EDINA...KNOX CITY...PLEVNA AND NEWARK WILL 

CONTINUED TO SEE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND COUNTY ROADS IN THE NEXT 

HOUR.

 

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.



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BRITT

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