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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

920 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN 

CALHOUN...GREENE...AND SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS...AND

PIKE...MONROE AND RALLS COUNTIES IN MISSOURI...UNTIL 945 PM CDT...



THE HEAVY RAINS OF LATE THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCED OVER 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN IN PARIS...IN MONROE COUNTY.  BETWEEN 9 AND 915 PM CDT...LAW 

ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THE FOLLOWING...



IN RALLS COUNTY...ROUTE F OFF OF ROUTE 19...WAS FLOODED IN NUMEROUS 

PLACES WITH AROUND 1 FOOT OF WATER...AND HAD BEEN CLOSED FOR 3 TO 4 

HOURS.



IN PIKE COUNTY MISSOURI...SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS WERE CLOSED...AND 

WASHOUTS WERE REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 280 AND HIGHWAY 482.  

APPROACHES TO A REPLACEMENT BRIDGE ON NORY CREEK WERE WASHED OUT ON 

HIGHWAY 54 AT 8 PM.  THIS IS ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISIANA.

BRIDGE WAS ALSO PARTIALLY WASHED OUT ON COUNTY ROAD 292.



IN CALHOUN COUNTY...STANDING WATER WAS REPORTED ON MANY ROADS...BUT 

NONE WERE CLOSED.



IN GREENE COUNTY...WATER WAS REPORTED ON SEVERAL ROADS...BUT NONE 

WERE CLOSED.



THE HEAVIEST RAINS ENDED OVER THIS AREA BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM...SO ANY 

LINGERING FLOOD WATERS SHOULD BE RECEDING FAIRLY RAPIDLY.  UNTIL 

THEN...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 



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.



CAMPERS IN THE MARK TWAIN LAKE RECREATIONAL AREA SHOULD NOT RETURN 

TO THEIR CAMPING AREAS UNTIL IT IS SAFE TO DO SO.



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