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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

359 AM CDT SAT AUG 24 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR REYNOLDS COUNTY UNTIL

630 AM CDT...



AT 359 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORMS WHICH 

PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN REYNOLDS 

COUNTY HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST INTO FAR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF 4 TO LOCALLY 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 

FALLEN OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY SINCE 

MIDNIGHT. 



AT 350 AM CDT...THE REYNOLDS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED NO MAJOR 

FLOODING PROBLEMS OVER REYNOLDS COUNTY. 



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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