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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

715 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ST CHARLES...ST LOUIS...JEFFERSON... 

MONROE...MADISON...ST CLAIR AND MADISON COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE CITY 

OF ST LOUIS HAS BEEN CANCELLED...



WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS AND 

HEAVY RAIN WHICH PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAVE ENDED...AND 

NO ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED.  A CHECK WITH THE ST CHARLES...ST 

LOUIS...JEFFERSON...ST CLAIR...MADISON...MONROE AND MACOUPIN COUNTY  

SHERIFFS DEPARTMENTS INDICATED THAT EITHER NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING 

HAD BEEN REPORTED SINCE AROUND 3 AM OR NO FLOODING WAS REPORTED 

ALTOGETHER.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR...ALONG WITH OBSERVATIONS 

LOCATED AT AIRPORTS AND COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS INDICATED BETWEEN 2 

AND 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN IN ABOUT A 6 HOUR SPAN LAST 

NIGHT...WITH SOME LOCALIZED AREAS AS MUCH AS 5 INCHES.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE LEFT...MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO

USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THROUGH AREAS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED 

FLOODING.  ROADS AND BRIDGES MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY RAPIDLY FLOWING

FLOOD WATERS.



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