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ILC119-170515-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

835 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY

UNTIL 1215 AM CDT...



LAW ENFORCEMENT IN WOOD RIVER REPORTS THAT A FOOT AND A HALF OF 

WATER IS COVERING ROUTE 111. 



HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR AS THUNDERSTORMS 

CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE SATURATED AREA.



FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING ACROSS CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY...ACT 

QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. 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.

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