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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

950 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL

AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.



THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS AND THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

IN MISSOURI...AUDRAIN...BOONE...CALLAWAY...COLE...FRANKLIN...

GASCONADE...JEFFERSON...LINCOLN...MONITEAU...MONROE...

MONTGOMERY...OSAGE...PIKE...RALLS...ST. CHARLES...ST. LOUIS AND

WARREN.



THIS WATCH ALSO INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ILLINOIS COUNTIES...CALHOUN...

GREENE...JERSEY...MACOUPIN...MADISON...MONROE...RANDOLPH AND ST.

CLAIR.



SOME OTHER CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE BELLEVILLE...BOWLING

GREEN...CHESTER...COLUMBIA...EDWARDSVILLE...JEFFERSON

CITY...MEXICO...ST. CHARLES...CLAYTON AND UNION.



A WARM FRONT REMAINS ANCHORED FROM THE KANSAS-OKLAHOMA BORDER TO

NORTHERN ARKANSAS THIS EVENING...WHILE EXTREMELY MOIST AND UNSTABLE

AIR IS LOCATED SOUTH OF THIS FRONT.  STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL

FORCE THIS MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT

OVERNIGHT...FUELING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN.



ALTHOUGH THE WEATHER HAS BEEN FAIRLY TRANQUIL THIS EVENING...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AND

NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WILL SPREAD EAST-SOUTHEAST DURING

THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BRINGING A THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN TO THE WATCH

AREA. SINCE THE GROUND IN THE WATCH AREA IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM

THE RECENT SPELL OF WET WEATHER...FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY REAL

POSSIBILITY.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS AND

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE

WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR

IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH



IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN

VEHICLES...AND AT NIGHT.   DARKNESS OFTEN OBSCURES THE DANGERS POSED

BY FLOODING...SO USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AREAS THAT ARE KNOWN TO

FLOOD DURING TIMES OF HEAVY RAIN.



DO NOT BECOME A STATISTIC  NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY...AS THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE

TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN

RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY...AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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