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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

842 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR SCOTLAND

COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...



AT 842 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE WARNED AREA...AND AREAS 

WEST AND NORTHWEST OF SCOTLAND COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT POSSIBLY 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

ALONG THE MISSOURI IOWA BORDER.  



THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AND MOVING OVER AREAS 

JUST WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE WARNED AREA...LEADING TO THE VERY 

HIGH RAINFALL RATES AND SUBSEQUENT FLASH FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT CONTINUE TO BE THREATHENED INCLUDE MEMPHIS AND 

AREAS NORTH OF MEMPHIS.  



IF YOU ENCOUNTER ROADWAYS THAT ARE WATER COVERED...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR 

VEHICLE INTO THE WATER.  THE 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.



ANY REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING SHOULD BE RELAYED TO THE NEAREST LAW 

ENFORCEMENT SO IT CAN BE RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  



LAT...LON 4059 9201 4032 9198 4032 9233 4059 9234



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