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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

949 AM CST FRI MAR 26 2004



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

1130 AM CST...



FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS BOONE COUNTY THIS MORNING.  SHORTLY 

AFTER 900 AM...A SPOTTER REPORTED ALL CREEKS BETWEEN NEW BLOOMFIELD 

AND KINGDOM CITY WERE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. AT 910AM...ROUGHLY 2 FT OF 

WATER COVER ROUTE B...1 MILE SOUTH OF HALLSVILLE. AT 910 AM...OVER A 

FOOT OF WATER WAS COVERING HIGHWAY F IN AN JUST NORTH OF HARRISBURG. 

AT 915 AM OVER A FOOT OF WATER WAS ON HIGHWAY O...1 MILE SOUTH OF 

I70. AT 920 AM...MANY ROADS IN COLUMBIA HAD BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES 

OF STANDING WATER.



RADAR DOES INDICATE THAT RAINFALL WILL BE DIMINISHING BETWEEN 10 AND 

11 AM.



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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