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ILC027-189-292145-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

145 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WASHINGTON AND CLINTON

COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...



AT 145 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF

THUNDERSTORMS TRAILING SOUTHWEST FOR 100 MILES FROM THE CLINTON AND

WASHINGTON COUNTY LINE. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY

FALLEN NEAR INTERSTATE 64 AND NEAR OKAWVILLE. A NARROW LINE OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD THE AREA.

THE RAIN WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE GROUND HAS BEEN

EXTREMELY DRY AND THEREFORE THE RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN HAS PRETTY

MUCH HAD LITTLE EFFECT AS FAR AS FLOODING.  HOWEVER...THE NEXT 

BATCH OF RAIN WILL INCREASE WATER RUNOFF AND CREATE THE LIKELIHOOD

OF DANGEROUS FLOODING. 



SOME AREAS NEAR THE CLINTON-WASHINGTON COUNTY LINE MAY END UP WITH

COPIOUS RAINFALL TOTALS.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY LOCALLY REACH 6 TO

10 INCHES TONIGHT.  



OF ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANCE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLANS TO

ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WHICH WILL INCLUDE 

ALL OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR RAINS TO CONTINUE

HEAVY AT TIMES FOR THE NEXT 24 TO POSSIBLY 48 HOURS. KEEP ABREAST OF

THE LATEST INFORMATION AND STAY AWAY FROM FLOWING WATER...WHEREVER

IT IS

 

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