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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1229 PM CST WED DEC 18 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FRANKLIN...ST. LOUIS

CITY...ST. LOUIS AND ST. CHARLES COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CST...



AT 1229 PM CST...MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROLREPORTED ROADS WERE CLOSED 

FOR NEARLY AN HOUR ON U.S. HIGHWAY 40 AND HIGWAY K IN SOUTHERN ST. 

CHARLES COUNTY. IN ADDITION FLOODING AND WATER WAS OVER THE ROADS

AT JUNGERMANN ROAD...DINGLEDINE...GUTTERMAN ROAD IN COTTLEVILLE...

AND ON OFALLON ROAD AND STATE HIGHWAY 94.



HEAVIESTRAINS HAVE TAPERED OFF OR ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE

TIME BEING...BUT HEAVY RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE FOR A TIME AND THERE IS 

A THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL RAIN CONTINUES LATER ON TODAY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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