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WGUS73 KLSX 170334

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ILC119-170515-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1035 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004



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

1215 AM CDT...



THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORMED AND MOVED ALONG A STATIONARY BOUNDARY LATE 

THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF THE WARNED AREA.

RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL OCCURRED THIS 

EVENING ACROSS A SMALL PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL MADISON 

COUNTY...WHICH INCLUDED THE TOWN OF WOOD RIVER. A NEARBY OBSERVER AT 

MELVIN PRICE LOCK AND DAM OBSERVED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL THIS 

EVENING. 



AT 1020 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE TOWN OF WOOD RIVER REPORTED 

THAT THE WATER HAD RECEEDED IN TOWN AND THAT ALL ROADS WERE AGAIN 

PASSIBLE...INCLUDING ROUTE 111.



ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF THE WARNED AREA...THE 

EXPECTED RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL TAKE A FEW MORE 

HOURS TO DRAIN INTO LOCAL CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS. THEREFORE 

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 1215 AM FOR MADISON 

COUNTY. 



STAY AWAY FROM FLOOD WATERS...AND NEVER TRY TO DRIVE ACROSS A 

FLOODED ROADWAY.

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