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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

835 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOOD SITUATION DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST 

MISSOURI AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RANDOLPH...REYNOLDS...

MADISON...IRON...ST. FRANCOIS...STE. GENEVIEVE...WASHINGTON AND 

CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...



THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST 

MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AT 830 PM.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 

TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME AREAS SINCE LATE SUNDAY 

EVENING...AND MORE RAIN IS ON THE WAY DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS REYNOLDS...IRON...AND MADISON COUNTIES. AS 

OF 820 PM...IRON COUNTY REPORTED LOTS OF FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE 

COUNTY...WITH THE WORST FLOODING ON COUNTY ROAD V...NEAR PILOT 

KNOB.  IN MADISON COUNTY...NUMEROUS ROADS WERE COVERED BY WATER.  IN 

REYNOLDS COUNTY...ROUTE 49 NEAR BLACK WAS WATER COVERED...AND MAY BE 

CLOSED SOON.  



ANYONE CAMPING NEAR FLOAT STREAMS IN THE AREA ARE URGED TO MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.  THESE STREAMS WILL BE EXPERIENCING 

EXTREMELY RAPID RISES ON THE NEXT FEW HOURS...DO NOT WAIT.



ALSO...LOW WATER CROSSINGS SHOULD BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS...AS THEY 

ARE TRULY DEATH TRAPS IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION.   DO NOT...UNDER 

ANY CIRCUMSTANCES...ATTEMPT TO CROSS A LOW WATER CROSSING TONIGHT.



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.



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.



AGAIN...HIS IS A LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING SITUATION TAKE 

ACTION IMMEDIATELY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. DO NOT CROSS WATER COVERED 

ROADWAYS OR ENTER ANY AREA WITH SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER. PERSONS IN 

FLOOD PRONE OR LOW-LYING AREAS NEED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.



TRUETT/GLASS/BECHTOLD

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