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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

940 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



...DANGEROUS...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOOD SITUATION OCCURRING 

ACROSS 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...



BETWEEN 915 AND 920 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT IN IRON COUNTY REPORTED AN 

EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION IN IRON COUNTY... 

ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND IRONTON.  THE IRON COUNTY SHERIFFS 

DISPATCHER INDICATED A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN IRON COUNTY...AND 

SCHOOLS IN IRONTON HAVE BEEN OPENED TO ACT AS EVACUATION CENTERS.  

MANY CARS ARE OFF THE ROAD...AND THERE ARE REPORTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE 

BEEN STRANDED BY FLOOD WATERS.   



IN REYNOLDS COUNTY...HIGHWAYS N...49...J...AND 21 ARE WATER COVERED.



THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING SITUATION  



IF YOU ARE HOME...AND YOUR HOME IS ON HIGH GROUND...STAY THERE...DO 

NOT VENTURE OUT



IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...YOU SHOULD EVACUATE TO HIGHER 

GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

 

IF YOU MUST DRIVE...BE EXTRA ALERT AS DARKNESS OFTEN OBSCURES THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING.  AVOID BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS.  LOW WATER CROSSINGS SHOULD BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS  THEY 

ARE DEATH TRAPS DURING TIMES OF FLOODING.  IF YOUR VEHICLE DOES GET 

CAUGHT IN RISING WATER...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND



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