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WGUS73 KLSX 260019

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ILC133-260315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

711 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004



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

1015 PM CDT...



AT 711 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO STRADDLE

MONROE COUNTY AND EXTEND TO THE WEST TOWARD ROLLA MISSOURI. NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW MAXIMUM RAINFALL OF

3 TO 4 INCHES FROM NEAR WATERLOO WEST TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY

DOWNPOURS AT TIMES.  



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO AS MUCH AS AN INCH AND

A HALF OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE....PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTH HALF

OF THE COUNTY.



EXPECT RAPID CHANGES IN THE LOCAL FLOODING SITUATION. THE GROUND

IS SATURATED SO ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL BECOME RUNOFF.  



NIGHTTIME WILL COME ALONG SHORTLY.  AREAS THAT ARE STILL FLOODED

OR WILL QUICKLY FLOOD WITH THE NEW RAINFALL CAN BECOME INVISIBLE

AT NIGHT...SO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL.  KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL WEATHER

DEVELOPMENTS THROUGH THE EVENING.



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