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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

625 AM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OSAGE...COLE...

CALLAWAY AND BOONE COUNTIES UNTIL 730 AM CDT...



AT 600 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN BOONE AND OSAGE 

COUNTIES.  THE COLUMBIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY REPORTED 

FLOODING ALONG THE BRUSHWOOD CREEK BASIN.  MANY ROADS ALONG THIS 

CREEK HAVE BEEN FLOODED WITH AT LEAST ONE FOOT OF WATER ON THE 

ROADWAY.  IN ADDITION...THE OSAGE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED 

THAT MOST LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN OSAGE COUNTY ARE FLOODED AT THIS 

TIME.



A FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY.  AN AREA OF 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN 

MISSOURI.  THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY 

SOUTHWARD...AND IT COULD AFFECT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS 

MORNING BEFORE DISSIPATING.



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.



CARNEY

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