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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

613 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 745 AM CDT...



AT 615 AM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE TAPERED OFF 

SOMEWHAT...HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE

THE CURRENT SITUATION.  



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES 

INDICATE THAT LOCALLY OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT IN 

SOME COMMUNITIES.  



MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DOT NORTHERN MISSOURI AND ADDITIONAL

PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE. THOUGH THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRES

AT 745 AM...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA FOR TODAY.  



ONLY MINOR ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN REPORTED CLOSED THUS FAR...BUT CARE

SHOULD BE MADE TO CONTINUE TO BE SAFE.  



MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST ON THE NORTH AND MIDDLE FABIOUS..THE 

NORTH RIVER AND THE SOUTH FABIUS.  THE CURRENT FORECASTS ARE AS

FOLLOWS:



   NORTH FABIUS....22.5 CRESTING AROUND 27.9 ON MONDAY MORNING.

  

   THE MIDDLE FABIUS....17.9 AT 1 AM...CRESTING AT 25.6 MONDAY MRNG



   NORTH RIVER AT PALMYRA...23.4 AT 1 AM...FORECAST TO CREST AT

      25.8 THIS AFTERNOON.



   AND OF SIGNIFICANCE....THE SOUTH FABIUS RIVER AT TAYLOR WAS AT

      11.6 FEET THIS MORNING...AND WILL CREST AROUND 22.1 FEET EARLY

       MONDAY MORNING.  THE RIVER REACHED 19.5 FEET ON JUNE 8, 1947.



A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...ADDITIONAL

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...SO KEEP ONE EYE ON THE SKY AS YOU

ENJOY THE MOTHERS DAY WEEKEND.



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.



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.



PEDIGO

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