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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1140 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



...SEVERE...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS 

PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...



...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 1100 PM AND 1115 PM...THE COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICES ACROSS 

REYNOLDS...IRON...AND MADISON COUNTIES CONTINUE TO REPORT EXTREMELY 

DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING.  AT LEAST SEVERAL 

WATER RESCUES ARE UNDERWAY IN EACH COUNTY WHERE VEHICLES HAVE BEEN 

WASHED OFF ROADS.  IN ADDITION...THE MADISON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS 

THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHICH ARE STRANDED AND CANNOT BE 

REACHED.  NEARLY EVERY ROAD IS FLOODED...MOST OF THEM ARE 

EXTENSIVELY FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.  



AT 1130 PM...RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN A 30 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDING FROM NEAR SALEM IN DENT 

COUNTY THROUGH OATES...BLACK...AND IRONTON...TO FREDERICKTOWN AND 

MARQUAND IN MADISON COUNTY.  AMOUNTS OUTSIDE OF THIS MAIN BAND OF 

HEAVY RAINFALL ARE GENERALLY FROM 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES.



COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICES FROM ST FRANCOIS...STE GENEVIEVE...AND 

RANDOLPH COUNTIES REPORT THAT LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND PORTIONS OF 

ROADS OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THERE COUNTIES REMAIN FLOODED 

AND MAINLY IMPASSABLE.  



THIS 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. 



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

NOT VENTURE OUT

 

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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