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ILC149-MOC163-101530-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

924 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003



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

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



AT 924 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING THROUGHOUT 

BOTH COUNTIES. NEARLY ALL ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. IN 

MISSOURI BOTH HIGHWAY 61...THE MAJOR HIGHWAY THROUGH THE 

COUNTY...AND HIGHWAY 79 ARE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC AS WELL AS MOST OTHER 

ROADS. IN ILLINOIS ALL ROADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY ARE CLOSED. 

HIGHWAY 100 HAS BEEN WASHED OUT BY PEARL.  THE SHERIFF SAYS HE 

CANNOT EVEN GET OUT TO CHECK ON ANYTHING.



DO NOT TRAVEL OR WALK THROUGH FLOWING WATER THIS MORNING.  REMAIN ON

HIGH GROUND IN YOUR LOCATION UNTIL YOU HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED IT IS SAFE

TO DO SO BY YOUR LOCAL OFFICIALS.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.  BE ALERT



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