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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

604 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004



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

715 PM CDT...



AT 604 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM WESTERN 

MARION COUNTY INTO NORTHERN RALLS COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING 

NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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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