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WGUS73 KLSX 070233

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ILC133-MOC099-070500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

927 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONROE AND JEFFERSON 

COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT...



AT 927 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS FLOODED ROADS 

ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY AND MONROE COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITIES OF  

MAEYSTOWN...DE SOTO...FESTUS...AND CRYSTAL CITY. FLOODED ROADS WERE 

ALSO HAMPERING RESCUE EFFORTS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.  A NUMBER OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  



WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL 

CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND 1100 PM AND THIS WILL PROLONG AND AGGREVATE 

EXISTING FLOODING.



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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