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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1129 AM CST FRI MAR 26 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. CHARLES COUNTY

UNTIL 115 PM CST...



MINOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER PARTS OF ST. CHARLES COUNTY 

THE PAST TWO HOURS. AT 930 AM 3 INCHES OF WATER COVERED OFALLON ROAD 

NEAR CROOKED CREEK. 



RADAR INDICATES THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS PAST. LIGHTER AMOUNTS 

HOWEVER WILL PERSIST AT LEAST UNTIL 2 PM.



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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