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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

820 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN JEFFERSON 

COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT...



AT 820 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF JEFFERSON COUNTY.  THE 

STORMS HAVE SHOWED A WEAKENING TREND SINCE 800 PM...HOWEVER A FEW 

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PERSISTING NEAR DE SOTO AND FESTUS.  RADAR 

ESTIMATES SINCE 500 PM INDICATE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE 

SOUTHWEST PORTION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY...FROM HILLSBORO TO JUST WEST 

OF DE SOTO.



AT 810 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS IN RURAL 

HILLSBORO WERE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.  THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTES Y 

AND C WAS ALSO FLOODED.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

ACROSS SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY THROUGH 1000 PM.  THIS MAY RESULT 

IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING AND AGGREVATE EXISTING 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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