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ILC119-163-MOC071-183-189-219-510-110330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

830 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. CLAIR...MADISON...

ST. LOUIS CITY...ST. LOUIS...ST. CHARLES AND WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 

1030 PM CDT...



WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF 

RAINFALL HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE 

INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR IN WARREN...ST CHARLES...ST LOUIS AND MADISON 

COUNTIES...WITH OTHER SMALLER POCKETS OF HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING IN 

ST CLAIR COUNTY NEAR SMITHTON AS WELL AS IN THE CITY OF ST LOUIS.



THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF FLOODING IN FRANKLIN COUNTY...AND WITH 

LESSER AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL INDICATED BY RADAR...THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. AVOID BRIDGES...DIPS...

OR OTHER LOW LYING AREAS...AND NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS

WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT

TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER

SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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