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WGUS73 KLSX 070352

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ILC133-MOC099-070500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1045 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003



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

COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY REPORTED EXTENSIVE 

FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE COMMUNITIES OF DE SOTO...FESTUS...AND 

CRYSTAL CITY. PEOPLE WERE REPORTEDLY TRAPPED IN CARS DUE TO 3 TO 4 

FEET OF WATER. NUMEREROUS SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE OUT OF THEIR 

BANKS.  IN MONROE COUNTY...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A NUMBER 

OF ROADS AROUND MAEYSTOWN REMAINED FLOODED.



WIDESPREAD RAINFALL SHOULD BE ENDING ACROSS THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT 

WITH ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM EXPECTED 

OVERNIGHT.



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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