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WGUS73 KLSX 060251

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ILC119-163-MOC189-510-060630-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

947 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004



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

CLAIR...SOUTHERN MADISON...ST. LOUIS CITY AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES 

UNTIL 130 AM...



AT 940 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT A MOTORIST WAS 

STRANDED IN A FLOATING CAR IN HIGH WATER ON HIGHWAY 40 EAST OF 

HAMPTON.  ADDITIONALLY...HIGHWAY 170 WAS CLOSED AT THE HIGHWAY 40 

INTERSECTION DUE TO 5 OR MORE INCHES OF WATER ON THE ROAD.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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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