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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

315 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002



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

IRON AND ST. FRANCOIS COUNTIES UNTIL 445 AM CDT...



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CRAWFORD AND WASHINGTON 

COUNTIES...



AT 315 AM CDT...THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAD SHIFTED SLIGHTLY 

SOUTHWARD AND EXTENDED FROM CENTERVILLE AND ELLINGTON IN REYNOLDS 

COUNTY EAST NORTHEAST TO FREDERICKTOWN AND MARQUAND IN MADISON 

COUNTY.  RADAR WAS ESTIMATING THAT ONE AND ONE HALF TO TWO INCHES OF 

RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST THREE HOURS FROM ELLINGTON TO 

ANNAPOLIS.  ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF NEAR ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED 

DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO FROM BUNKER AND ELLINGTON EAST NORTHEAST 

TO FARMINGTON...FREDERICKTOWN AND MARQUAND.  



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.



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.

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