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WGUS73 KLSX 191059

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MOC027-139-191215-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

600 AM CDT WED MAY 19 2004



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

MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 715 AM CDT...



AT 600 AM...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE THUNDERSTORMS 

WHICH PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAD MOVED OFF TO THE 

SOUTHEAST OF MONTGOMERY AND CALLAWAY COUNTIES.  THE MONTGOMERY 

COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 19 IN MONTGOMERY 

CITY AND THE ELKHORN CREEK BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY 161 HAD CLEARED OFF AT 

THIS TIME.  HOWEVER...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT 

FOR THE TIME BEING SINCE RUNOFF CONTINUES TO FLOW INTO AREA CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS THIS 

MORNING.



REMEMBER...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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