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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1155 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PIKE ILLINOIS...  

PIKE MISSOURI...ADAMS...MONROE MISSOURI...RALLS...MARION 

MISSOURI...SHELBY AND LEWIS COUNTIES UNTIL 115 PM CDT...



AT 1155 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING OUT OF 

NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS OVER NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY ILLINOIS NEAR 

BARRY AND GRIGGSVILLE.  THE RADAR ESTIMATES MOST AREAS IN NORTHEAST 

MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS HAVE RECEIVED OVER AN INCH OF 

RAIN THIS MORNING.



WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN IS SLOWLY ENDING...RURAL ROADS AND AREAS NEAR 

SWOLLEN CREEKS MAY STILL EXPERIENCE SOME FLOODING FOR THE NEXT 

HOUR.  ANY FLOODING WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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.



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.



BRITT

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