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WGUS73 KLSX 280238

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ILC005-051-117-119-135-280315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

925 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004



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

MADISON...BOND...FAYETTE AND MACOUPIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...



THE HEAVY RAINS OF LATE THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCE RAINS OF 2 TO 3 

INCHES OVER THE WARNING AREA...WITH RADAR ESTIMATES OF NEARLY 4 

INCHES IN PARTS OF FAYETTE COUNTY.



BETWEEN 9 AND 915 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THE FOLLOWING...



IN MACOUPIN COUNTY...NUMEROUS ROADS WERE STILL COVERED BY STANDING 

WATER...BUT NONE WERE CLOSED.



IN FAYETTE COUNTY...COUNTY ROADS 21503 AND 2475N WERE WASHED OUT 

NORTH OF ST. ELMO.  MOST OTHER COUNTY ROADS WERE STILL COVERED BY 

FLOOD WATERS.



IN BOND COUNTY...SEVERAL ROADS WERE STILL COVERED BY STANDING 

WATER...BUT NONE WERE CLOSED. 



IN MADISON COUNTY...AT HIGHWAY 159 AT HOLLYWOOD HEIGHTS...SOUTH OF 

COLLINSVILLE...HIGHWAY WAS COVERED WITH 2 FEET OF WATER.  FLOODED 

ROADS WERE REPORTED IN NEW DOUGLAS AND GODFREY.



THE HEAVIEST RAINS ENDED OVER THIS AREA BETWEEN 630 AND 730 PM...SO 

ANY LINGERING FLOOD WATERS SHOULD BE RECEDING FAIRLY QUICKLY.  UNTIL 

THEN...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS...BECAUSE DARKNESS OFTEN OBSCURES THE 

DANGERS OF FLOOD WATERS.



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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