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WGUS73 KLSX 101301

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ILC149-MOC163-101530-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

738 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PIKE COUNTY  IN 

MISSOURI AND PIKE COUNTY IN ILLINOIS UNTIL 1030 AM CDT...



AT 738 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING THROUGHOUT

PIKE COUNTY IN MISSOURI. HIGHWAY 61...THE MAIN NORTH TO SOUTH 

HIGHWAY THROUGH THE COUNTY...IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  



IN PIKE COUNTY ILLINOIS HIGHWAY 100 IS CLOSED AND MANY ROADS 

THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY ARE COMPLETELY WASHED OUT.  SEVERAL PERSONS 

ARE STRANDED IN VEHICLES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WITH EMERGENCY CREWS 

RESPONDING. 



THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. 3 TO POSSIBLY 6 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN

PIKE COUNTY IN ILLINOIS. 



AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL BETWEEN NOW AND 1000 AM

THIS MORNING.  THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CREATE MAJOR FLOODING

OF STREAMS AND RIVERS...WASH OUT ROADS...AND FLOOD AREAS THAT USUALLY

DO NOT FLOOD.  TAKE EXTREME CAUTION.  DO NOT WALK OR DRIVE INTO

FLOWING WATER OF ANY SORT. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS MORNING.

YOU COULD ENTER AN AREA THAT HAS WASHED OUT



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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