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WGUS73 KLSX 260624

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MOC183-189-510-260930-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

125 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. LOUIS CITY...ST.

LOUIS AND ST. CHARLES COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CDT...



ALTHOUGH RAINFALL ON THE MISSOURI SIDE OF THE ST LOUIS METRO AREA 

HAS BEGUN TO TAPER OFF...FLOODING PROBLEMS CONTINUE IN SEVERAL 

AREAS.  IN ST LOUIS COUNTY...EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND HIGHWAY 40 IS 

FLOODED WEST OF HAMPTON AVENUE...AND FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED 

ON AT LEAST ONE SECTION OF INTERSTATE 70.  



IN ST CHARLES COUNTY...FLOODING HAS CLOSED OFALLON ROAD NEAR 

GUTERMUTH.  WATER IS ALSO STANDING ON HIGHWAY 40...BETWEEN HIGHWAY 

94 AND HIGHWAY K...AND MEXICO ROAD ALSO HAS STANDING WATER...EAST OF 

HIGHWAY K.



EARLY MORNING MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...BECAUSE IT IS HARDER 

TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING AT NIGHT.  IN ADDITION TO THOSE 

LOCATIONS THAT NORMALLY FLOOD DURING TIMES OF HEAVY RAIN...BE 

ESPECIALLY CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING INTO CONSTRUCTION AREAS.  ROAD WORK 

OFTEN DISRUPTS DRAINAGE...WHICH CAUSING FLOODING PROBLEMS DURING 

HEAVY RAIN.



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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