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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

515 AM CDT MON AUG 19 2002



...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS MORNING ACROSS 

NORTHEAST...CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...



THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE FLOOD WATCH...



IN ILLINOIS...

ADAMS...BOND...BROWN...CALHOUN...CLINTON...FAYETTE...GREENE...

JERSEY...MACOUPIN...MADISON...MARION...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...PIKE...

ST. CLAIR AND WASHINGTON



IN MISSOURI...

AUDRAIN...BOONE...CALLAWAY...COLE...CRAWFORD...FRANKLIN...

GASCONADE...JEFFERSON...KNOX...LEWIS...LINCOLN...MARION...MONITEAU...

MONROE...MONTGOMERY...OSAGE...PIKE...RALLS...SHELBY...ST. CHARLES...

ST. LOUIS...ST. LOUIS CITY...WARREN AND WASHINGTON



SOME CITIES IN THIS FLOOD WATCH INCLUDE BELLEVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...

COLUMBIA...EDWARDSVILLE...HANNIBAL...JEFFERSON CITY...LITCHFIELD...

MEXICO...QUINCY...SALEM...ST. CHARLES...ST. LOUIS...UNION AND

VANDALIA.



LARGE CLUSTERS OR LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST OR  

SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY THIS 

MORNING ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING.  

THE GROUND IS ALREADY VERY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS 

YESTERDAY OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL THIS 

MORNING WILL QUICKLY TURN INTO RUNOFF AND MAY CAUSE RAPID FLOODING 

OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AS WELL AS STREETS AND COUNTY ROADS.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS RAPIDLY RISING WATER AND FLASH FLOODING IS 

POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.  PEOPLE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS 

ARE ADVISED TO CAREFULLY MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND WATER 

LEVELS...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS 

ISSUED...OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED.



MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  USE CAUTION WHEN 

APPROACHING AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING DURING TIMES OF HEAVY 

RAIN.  IF YOU COME UPON A ROAD OR BRIDGE INUNDATED BY FLOOD 

WATERS...TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.  REMEMBER...NO TRIP IS 

WORTH YOUR LIFE.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...OR

CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

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