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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

539 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM CDT...



AT 539 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY

RAINFALL OVERNIGHT.  HIGHWAYS D..K..A..AND E ARE CLOSED ALONG WITH 

DOZENS OF SMALL ROADS IN THE AREA.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT UP TO 

THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER PORTIONS OF LEWIS AND SHELBY COUNTIES 

OVERNIGHT.



AT 545 AM ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST SOUTH OF SHELBINA AND MOVING 

TO THE NORTHEAST.  YOU CAN EXPECT SHOWERS AND OCCASIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH THE MORNING HOURSR.



IN ADDITION TO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT 

FOR TODAY.  KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL CONDITIONS. ITS MOTHERS DAY AND

PEOPLE WILL TEND TO BE AND DRIVE TO AREAS THEY ARE LESS FAMILIAR 

WITH. BE SAFE. 



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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