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WGUS73 KLSX 101348

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MOC007-019-101545-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

839 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 1045 AM THIS 

MORNING FOR BOONE AND AUDRAIN COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...



AT 839 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODED ROADS THROUGHOUT 

THE COUNTY.  HIGHWAY 54 IS CLOSED.  IT IS FLOODED IN SEVERAL PLACES. 

IT APPEARS THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN BOONE

COUNTY AND AUDRAIN COUNTY.  



RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE SOME AREAS RECEIVED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN

OVERNIGHT.  MANY, MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED AND EMERGENCY SERVICES HAVE 

HAD TO DO A FEW WATER RESCUES THIS MORNING...GENERALLY FROM RISING 

BUT STANDING WATER. 



EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS LET UP FOR THE TIME BEING THE RUNOFF FROM

OVERNIGHT RAINS HAS BEEN EXCESSIVE AND WILL KEEP RIVERS AND STREAMS 

HIGH.



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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