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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

800 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR KNOX COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...



WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH

PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSE THE

THREAT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE WEST AND 

RAINFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE LIGHT THIS MORNING. EDINA REPORTED 2.91 

INCHES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING AND IS STILL 

RAINING MORE LIGHTLY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS PROBABLY OCCURRED JUST WEST OF EDINA...BETWEEN 3 AND 4 

INCHES OF RAIN.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE SUBSIDED...MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO

USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THROUGH AREAS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED

FLOODING. ROADS AND BRIDGES MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY RAPIDLY FLOWING

FLOOD WATERS. LOW WATER CROSSING SHOULD BE AVOIDED UNTIL THE FAST

FLOWING WATER DISSIPATES.



IN ADDITION...SCHOOL IS STILL OUT AND CHILDREN WILL BE TEMPTED TO 

PLAY IN WATER AS RAINFALL ENDS. REMEMBER...CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE 

ALLOWED TO PLAY IN FLOODED AREAS. THEY CAN BE WASHED INTO CULVERTS

OR TRAPPED UNDER DEBRIS FOUND IN DITCHES AND WATERWAYS. BE SAFE



MORE STORMS COULD POSSIBLY FORM LATER TODAY. KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL

WEATHER CONDITIONS AND REMEMBER THAT THE GROUND IS TOTALLY SATURATED

THIS MORNING AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL BE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO 

RUN OFF.



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