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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

959 AM CST FRI MAR 26 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CALLAWAY AND

MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 CST...



AT 959 AM CST...FLOODING WAS REPORTED OVER PARTS OF CALLAWAY COUNTY. 

MAJOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ON COUNTY ROAD 276. IN ADDITION 

WATER WAS COVERING THE NORTH OUTER ROAD OF I-70 WEST OF THE HATTON 

EXIT. FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED ON THE 7300 BLOCK OF STATE 

ROAD Z AND ON STATE ROAD C...AS WELL AS COUNTY ROADS 132 AND 228. IN 

COLWOOD OR 3 MILES EAST OF KINGDOM CITY 1 TO 2 FEET OF WATER IS 

STANDING ON THE ROADS. ON HIGHWAY 94 NEAR THE TOWN OF PORTLAND IS 

UNDER WATER.



RADAR AND SATELLITE INDICATE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE 

THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.



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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