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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

545 PM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN LINCOLN 

COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT...



AT 540 PM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING THAT MOST OF 

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF LINCOLN COUNTY.  HOWEVER...THERE ARE 

STILL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE COUNTY.  WHILE 

THESE STORMS ARE NOT NEARLY AS STRONG AS THE ONES WHICH PRODUCED THE 

HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...THEY STILL MAY CONTAIN BRIEF 

HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL ONLY WORSEN ANY FLOODING WHICH IS ALREADY 

OCCURRING.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TRAINING 

OVER EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL AT LEAST 600 PM.



RADAR WAS INDICATING THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL IN A NARROW BAND IN 

EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY.  BECAUSE THE RAIN FELL IN SUCH A NARROW 

BAND...THE FLOODING WILL NOT BE WIDESPREAD.  HOWEVER...PEOPLE IN AND 

NEAR WINFIELD...AND FOLEY SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS THIS EVENING 

ON THEIR COMMUTE HOME FROM WORK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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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CARNEY

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