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WGUS73 KLSX 190430

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MOC135-190715-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1128 PM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONITEAU COUNTY UNTIL

215 AM CDT...



AT 1125 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL 

CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN 

MONITEAU COUNTY...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A TIPTON TO HIGH POINT LINE.  



SINCE AROUND 800 PM THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING NEARLY 

CONTINUOUSLY OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN MONITEAU 

COUNTY.  THIS HAS RESULTED IN HEAVY RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS WITH 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN ALONG AND SOUTH OF 

A LINE FROM TIPTON TO LATHAM TO HIGH POINT TO ENON.



SOME WATERCOURSES WHICH ARE LIKELY EXPERIENCING FLOODING 

INCLUDE...SMITH CREEK...MEDLEN CREEK...BURRIS FORK...AND STRAIGHT 

FORK.  ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF 

CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH 

FLOODING.



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.



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