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ILC027-189-292330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

426 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WASHINGTON AND CLINTON COUNTIES HAS

EXPIRED...



A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS DUMPED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF

RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA.  FORTUNATELY THE GROUND WAS DRY PRIOR

TO THE RAINFALL AND HAS BEEN ABLE TO ABSORB THE EXCESS WATER WITHOUT

MAJOR PROBLEMS.  



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES AND SURFACE

REPORTS INDICATE 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ALONG AND NEAR INTERSTATE

64 IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY. FLOODING WAS MINOR AND BRIEF...

HOWEVER IT HAS NOW SATURATED THE DRY GROUND.



ANOTHER GENERAL AREA OF RAIN WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THROUGH 

700 PM THIS EVENING. AFTER THAT THERE IS NOTHING UPSTREAM...HOWEVER

CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION TO REDEVELOP LATER

THIS EVENING BRINGING A THREAT FOR OVERNIGHT OR EARLY MORNING HEAVY

RAINS BACK INTO THE AREA.  SHOULD THIS OCCUR THERE WOULD BE A 

SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF MAJOR WATER RUNOFF AND FLOODING.  



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY 

AFTERNOON.  IN FACT...CONDITIONS MAY REMAIN SUCH THAT SUBSTANTIAL

RAINS COULD CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WHICH AFFECTS 

THE AREA WILL FALL ON SATURATED GROUND AND WOULD LIKELY PRODUCE 

ADDITIONAL FLOODING.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER

DETAILS AND UPDATES.



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