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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

518 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LINCOLN...NORTHERN ST. 

CHARLES COUTIES IN EASTERN MISSOURI...AND SOUTHERN CVALHOUN COUNTY 

IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS HAS BEEN CANCELLED...



THUNDERSTORMS WHICH SWEPT EAST THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING HAVE 

MOVED WELL TO THE EAST. AMOUNTS OF 1 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

OCCURRED AND CAUSED CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS TO OVERFLOW AND SOME 

ROADWAYS FLOODED FOR A TIME.  



AT 515 PM SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS ARE STILL CLOSED IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN 

AND EXTREME NORTHERN ST. CHARLES COUNTY AND LITTLE CHANGE IS 

EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING HOURS.  



ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY THIS EVENING. PERSONS SHOULD

BE AWARE THAT NOW THAT THE GROUND IS COMPLETELY SATURATED IT WILL 

TAKE MUCH LESS RAIN TO INDUCE FUTURE FLOODING.  



THIS IS AN UNUSUALLY SERIOUS WEATHER SITUATION. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN 

EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND ALTHOUGH STORMS WILL BE MOVING QUICKLY THERE

IS A LIKELIHOOD THAT FLOODING COULD RE-OCCUR.  AS YOU GO ABOUT YOUR

WEEKEND ACTIVITIES YOU SHOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO APPRISE YOURSELF

OF LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FOR THE AREA IN

WHICH YOU ARE.



IN ADDITION TO FLOODING POSSIBILITIES THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VIOLENT WINDS...HAIL...AND A SUBSTANTIAL RISK FOR

LONG-LIVED DAMAGING TORNADOES.



LISTEN TO YOUR MEDIA ACCESSES FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THIS UNUSUAL

WEATHER SITUATION THIS EVENING...YOUR LIFE COULD DEPEND ON IT



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