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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

635 AM CDT MON MAY 13 2002



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

REYNOLDS...MADISON...IRON...ST. FRANCOIS...STE. GENEVIEVE...

WASHINGTON...CRAWFORD AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 715 AM CDT...



AT 635 AM CDT...RAINS WHICH DELUGED THE AREA OVERNIGHT WERE TAPERING 

OFF. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF 

LIGHT TO MODEATE RAIN STILL EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTO 

SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THIS RAIN WILL END BY MID MORNING ACROSS 

MOST OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE .25 TO .50 

INCH.



EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN IS TAPERING OFF AND ENDING...THE GROUND IS 

TOTALLY SATURATED AND THE RAINFALL IS RUNNING OFF INTO 

DITCHES...THEN STREAMS...THEN RIVERS.  AS IT SEEKS ITS LOWEST LEVEL

IT WILL OFTEN TRAVERSE AREAS NORMALLY DRY...ROADS...LOW WATER 

BRIDGES...EVEN ALONG SIDES OF HIGHWAYS. 



RESIDENTS OF THE AREA SHOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO STAY AWAY FROM 

FLOWING WATER OF ANY KIND. WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF THE RAINFALL YOU 

HAVE HAD...THE AMOUNT OF WATER DISSIPATING CAN BE A LOT MORE THAN IT 

APPEARS...IT CAN WASH YOU AWAY...IN OR OUT OF A VEHICLE.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATES 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS A WEST TO EAST AREA FROM CUBA AND POTOSI 

TO FARMINGTON AND CHESTER ILLINOIS WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN A SWATH 

FURTHER SOUTH FROM ANNAPOLIS TO JACKSON. IN THESE COMMUNITIES IT 

APPEARS THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FALL WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER 

AMOUNTS.



THE RAIN WILL BE ENDING BUT YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY

PRECAUTIONS FOR YOUR SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS. IN ADDITION TO 

THE HEAVY RAINS...SOME STORMS CREATED HIGH WINDS AND STORM DAMAGE IN 

THE SAME AREA. MANY...MANY TREES WERE TOPPLED. ELECTRIC LINES AND 

UTILITY POLES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.  THIS MEANS ELECTRICAL WIRES ARE

SCATTERED ALL ACROSS THE AREA.  SOME OF THESE HAVE BEEN OR WILL BE 

HOT AND CAN CREATE ELECTRICAL SHOCK...PARTICULARLY WITH WATER ALL 

AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL LINES



RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE RISING RAPIDLY TO NEAR RECORD CRESTS.  THE 

BLACK RIVER...FOR EXAMPLE...HAS A FLOOD STAGE OF 8.0 FEET AT 

ANNAPOLIS. OVERNIGHT THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE BLACK RIVER WENT OVER 

THE BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY 21 NEAR LESTERVILLE.  THE HIGHWAY HAD TO BE 

CLOSED FOR SEVERAL HOURS AT THAT POINT.  THIS AND OTHER RIVERS ARE 

CARRYING NEAR RECORD AMOUNTS OF WATER DOWNSTREAM.



THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER FORECAST CENTER OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE HAS REVISED ITS CREST FORECAST AT ANNAPOLIS TO REACH 23.0 

FEET BY THIS EVENING (MONDAY)...POSSIBLY THE SECOND HIGHEST CREST OF 

RECORD.



EARLY PRECIPITATION REPORTS FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS...



              IN MADISON COUNTY...

                 MISSOURI...                             



               FREDERICKTOWN                   5.67

               SACO                            3.61

               ROSELLE                         4.57





KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL CONDITIONS. PAY ATTENTION TO INFORMATION 

PROVIDED TO YOU BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS...THE MISSOURI 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION...AND YOUR NEWS MEDIA.  THEY CAN SAVE 

YOUR LIFE...



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.



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