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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

536 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY HAS BEEN 

CANCELLED...



THUNDERSTORMS WHICH SWEPT EAST THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING HAVE 

MOVED WELL TO THE EAST.  AMOUNTS OF 3 TO LOCALLY 6 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL OCCURRED AND CAUSED MAJOR FLOODING IN THE COUNTY. MANY 

CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE STILL OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND SEVERAL COUNTY 

ROADS ARE CLOSED.  



ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED IN COOPER COUNTY AND WILL BE 

HEADED FOR AUDRAIN COUNTY AS IT MATURES.  THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS 

NO LONGER IN EFFECT...HOWEVER THERE IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY THAT 

MORE RAIN WILL OCCUR SOON.  NOW THAT THE GROUND IS COMPLETELY 

SATURATED IT WILL TAKE MUCH LESS RAIN TO INDUCER SERIOUS FLOODING.



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

EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND ALTHOUGH STORMS WILL MOVE QUICKLKY THERE IS A 

LIKELIHOOD THAT FLOODING COULD RE-OCCUR.  



IN ADDITION...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED AND WILL BE IN EFFECT 

FOR AUDRAIN AND ALL SURROUNDING COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.  



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.



THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VIOLENT 

WINDS...LARGE HAIL..AND A SUBSTANTIAL RISK FOR LONG-LIVED DAMAGING 

TORNADOES.



LISTEN TO YOUR MEDIA ACCESSES FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THIS 

EXTREMELY UNUSUAL WEATHER SITUATION THIS EVENING...YOUR LIFE COULD 

DEPEND ON IT



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