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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

723 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CALLAWAY...MONTGOMERY...LINCOLN...BOONE 

AND AUDRAIN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

...MORE SIGIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON

OR TONIGHT...



WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH

PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.



AT 715 AM A NEW EAST TO WEST LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED 

FROM 30 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA WESTWARD TO ABOUT 80 MILES SOUTH OF

KANSAS CITY. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN TAKING A TRACK JUST SOUTH OF 

EAST AND THE MAIN ACTIVITY WILL PASS BY JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE

WARNED COUNTIES. SOME LIGHTER SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A BRIEF 

THUNDERSTORM WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING BUT WILL NOT ADD 

SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE FLOODING PROBLEM AT THIS TIME.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN FELL IN A NARROW BAND FROM NEAR COLUMBIA THROUGH MEXICO AND 

ELSBERRY.  PRECIPITATION REPORTS RECEIVED INCLUDE 3.67 AT MEXICO...

3.36 JUST NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA...2.09 IN SHELBINA.



EARLY REPORTS RECEIVED THUS FAR...



   BOONE COUNTY...NUMEROUS ROADS STILL CLOSED. THREE CARS WERE SWEPT 

OFF THE ROAD IN THREE SEPARATE PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...PERSONS IN 

ONE VEHICLE HAD TO BE RESCUED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.



   CALLAWAY COUNTY...NUMEROUS ROADS STILL CLOSED, INCLUDING HIGHWAY

94 AT PP.



   LINCOLN COUNTY...MANY SECONDARY ROADS STILL CLOSED.  FOUR FAMILIES

WERE EVACUATED EARLY THIS MORNING DUE TO FLOODING ON MILL CREEK IN 

THE ELSBERRY AREA DURING THE NIGHT. WATER WAS WAIST-DEEP AT SOME 

POINTS.



   MONTGOMERY COUNTY...NOTHING REPORTED YET.



KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND LATEST 

STATEMENTS...WATCHES...OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGHOUT THE NEXT 24 

TO 48 HOURS.  THE AIR IS VERY UNSTABLE AND SEVERE STORMS OR FLOODING

IS POSSIBLE.



PEDIGO





 











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.



IN ADDITION...CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PLAY NEAR

RAIN-SWOLLEN STREAMS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES.

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