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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1018 PM CDT MON AUG 19 2002



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

AND NORTHWEST IRON COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT...



ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN HAS DRIFTED 

OUT OF THE AREA...ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PUSHING 

THROUGH THE AREA BETWEEN 1030 PM AND 12 MIDNIGHT.   



RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATE THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN 

MAY HAVE ALREADY FALLEN...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF AN OATES...BIXBY 

LINE.  



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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