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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

757 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HICKORY COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO

EXPIRE AT 800 AM...



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DALLAS AND LACLEDE COUNTIES WILL BE

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 830 AM...



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ST. CLAIR COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 1030

AM...



AT 750 AM...CALLS TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN HICKORY...DALLAS...AND

LACLEDE COUNTIES INDICATE THAT NO SERIOUS FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE

OCCURRING IN THESE AREAS. STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN

BUFFALO AND LEBANON OVERNIGHT BUT THE WATER IN THESE LOCATIONS HAS

RECEDED.



SOME ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSING ARE REPORTED UNDERWATER IN ST.

CLAIR COUNTY. IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES OF RAIN OCCURRED OVERNIGHT

IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY. A VOLUNTEER

WEATHER OBSERVER NEAR LOWRY CITY REPORTED 3.35 INCHES OF RAIN

OVERNIGHT. LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL LIKELY

REMAIN UNDERWATER IN THE LOWRY CITY AND HARPER AREAS THROUGH MID

MORNING.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.





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