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WGUS73 KLSX 130157

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MOC007-019-027-137-130330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

857 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CALLAWAY...BOONE...

AUDRAIN AND MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...



AT 855 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER MONROE...NORTHERN BOONE 

AND WESTERN AUDRAIN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 

AROUND 20 MPH.   RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN SINCE 4 PM IN AREAS NEAR HARRISBURG...HALLSVILLE... 

CENTRALIA...MIDDLE GROVE....MADISON...PARIS AND SANTA FE.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 6 INCHES OF WATER COVERS 

PARTS OF HIGHWAY 151 NORTH AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 24 IN WESTERN MONROE 

COUNTY.  IN BOONE COUNTY...A FOOT OF WATER WAS REPORTED COVERING 

HIGWAY Z AND 6 INCHES OF WATER WAS OVER HIGHWAY K SOUTH OF 

COLUMBIA.   



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE WARNED 

AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR.  THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 

INCH OF RAINFALL.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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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BRITT

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