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WGUS73 KLSX 060435

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ILC119-163-MOC189-510-060630-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1135 PM CDT MON JUL 5 2004



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

SOUTHWESTERN MADISON...ST. LOUIS CITY AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES UNTIL

130 AM CDT...



AT 1130 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CHESTERFIELD AND 

CLARKSON VALLEY.  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE CITY OF ST. 

LOUIS AND NEAR LAMBERT AIRPORT.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 

AROUND 30 MPH.  THE STORMS WILL MOVE OVER AREAS WHICH HAVE ALREADY 

RECEIVED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAVE BEEN REPORTING FLOODING.  THE 

RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS WILL ONLY ADD TO ANY FLOODING PROBLEMS 

WHICH ARE ALREADY ONGOING.



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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