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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1220 PM CDT SUN AUG 18 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CRAWFORD...OSAGE AND

GASCONADE COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM CDT...



AT 1220 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORMS 

THAT PRODUCED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL HAVE MOVED TO THE SOUTHEAST

OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...THE RAIN FELL SO FAST THAT MANY 

DITCHES...STREAMS...AND TRIBUTARIES ARE UNABLE TO HANDLE THE RUNOFF. 



ROADWAYS...LOW WATER AREAS...AND OTHER RUNOFF SITES WILL BE 

OVERMATCHED FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER...THEREFORE EVEN THOUGH IT

HAS QUIT RAINING THE FLOOD THREAT REMAINS REAL AND INTENSE. 



BE SURE TO STAY AWAY FROM FLOWING WATER...KEEP YOUR CHILDREN OUT OF 

IT...AND DO NOT VENTURE INTO FLOODED BASEMENTS. ONE PERSON HAS BEEN 

CRITICALLY INJURED IN THE COLUMBIA AREA FROM BEING SHOCKED WHILE 

WADING INTO HIS BASEMENT.



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER AT OWENSVILLE 

REPORTS 4.60 OF RAINFALL. DOPPLER ESTIMATES INCLUDE 4 TO 5 INCHES IN

OSAGE COUNTY WITH 2.00 TO 3.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN WESTERN PORTIONS

OF CRAWFORD AND GASCONADE COUNTIES.



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