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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

149 AM CDT THU AUG 23 2001



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

BROWN COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM CDT...



AT 149 AM CDT A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAILED FROM EAST 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS WEST INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 

HAVE DIED DOWN SOMEWHAT BUT NEW STORMS ARE STILL FORMING IN EXTREME 

NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND RIPPLING EAST SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE WARNED

AREA.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE A SMALL 

AREA ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDER OF ADAMS AND BROWN COUNTIES HAVE 

RECEIVED 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN TONIGHT. LESSER AMOUTS OF 1 TO 3 

INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE THREE COUNTY AREA.



AT 1130 PM AN OBSERVER AT AUGUSTA...3 MILES NORTH OF THE ADAMS COUNTY

BORDER REPORTED 6.25 INCHES OF RAINFALL.



AT 100 AM THE LA MOINE RIVER AT RIPLEY...12 MILES EAST OF MT. 

STERLING...HAD RISEN FROM AROUND 5 FEET YESTERDAY EVENING TO A STAGE

OF 17.5 FEET. HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT WILL CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL 

ADDITIONAL RISES ON THE LA MOINE RIVER. THE STAGE OF RECORD IS A 

LITTLE OVER 29 FEET. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE RIVER SHOULD EXPECT AN 

ADDITIONAL RISE OF 10 FEET OR SO TO AT LEAST 27.0 FEET TODAY. EXACT 

FORECASTS WILL BE CALCULATED THIS MORNING BY THE RIVER FORECAST 

CENTER OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  OTHER RIVERS, STREAMS. AND 

TRIBUTARIES WILL ALSO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING LATER TONIGHT AND 

THURSDAY MORNING.

  

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FIRE RESCUE TEAMS AT GOLDEN IN 

THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF ADAMS COUNTY RESCUED A WOMAN FROM HER 

FLOODED VEHICLE AROUND 1230 AM.



HEAVIEST RAINS SEEM TO BE SETTLING SOUTHWARD AND THE HEAVY RAINS 

SHOULD TAPER OFF THROUGH THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING...HOWEVER 

FLASH FLOODING CAN STILL OCCUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

149 AM CDT THU AUG 23 2001



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

BROWN COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM CDT...



AT 149 AM CDT A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAILED FROM EAST 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS WEST INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 

HAVE DIED DOWN SOMEWHAT BUT NEW STORMS ARE STILL FORMING IN EXTREME 

NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND RIPPLING EAST SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE WARNED

AREA.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE A SMALL 

AREA ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDER OF ADAMS AND BROWN COUNTIES HAVE 

RECEIVED 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN TONIGHT. LESSER AMOUTS OF 1 TO 3 

INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE THREE COUNTY AREA.



AT 1130 PM AN OBSERVER AT AUGUSTA...3 MILES NORTH OF THE ADAMS COUNTY

BORDER REPORTED 6.25 INCHES OF RAINFALL.



AT 100 AM THE LA MOINE RIVER AT RIPLEY...12 MILES EAST OF MT. 

STERLING...HAD RISEN FROM AROUND 5 FEET YESTERDAY EVENING TO A STAGE

OF 17.5 FEET. HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT WILL CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL 

ADDITIONAL RISES ON THE LA MOINE RIVER. THE STAGE OF RECORD IS A 

LITTLE OVER 29 FEET. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE RIVER SHOULD EXPECT AN 

ADDITIONAL RISE OF 10 FEET OR SO TO AT LEAST 27.0 FEET TODAY. EXACT 

FORECASTS WILL BE CALCULATED THIS MORNING BY THE RIVER FORECAST 

CENTER OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  OTHER RIVERS, STREAMS. AND 

TRIBUTARIES WILL ALSO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING LATER TONIGHT AND 

THURSDAY MORNING.

  

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FIRE RESCUE TEAMS AT GOLDEN IN 

THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF ADAMS COUNTY RESCUED A WOMAN FROM HER 

FLOODED VEHICLE AROUND 1230 AM.



HEAVIEST RAINS SEEM TO BE SETTLING SOUTHWARD AND THE HEAVY RAINS 

SHOULD TAPER OFF THROUGH THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING...HOWEVER 

FLASH FLOODING CAN STILL OCCUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



$$

PEDIGO

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