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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

220 AM CDT THU AUG 26 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN BOONE AND

AUDRAIN COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM CDT...



AT 220 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH 

PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND EXTENDED FROM LADDONIA TO 

BENTON CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH.



RAINFALL HAS ENDED OVER NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY AND WESTERN AUDRAIN 

COUNTY...BUT LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SOME MINOR FLOODING OF ROADS 

IN CENTRALIA AND MEXICO WITH WATER UP TO 6 TO 8 INCHES DEEP. CURRENT 

TRENDS ARE THAT THE RAINFALL SHOULD END OVER EASTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY 

BY 300 AM AND THEREFORE WATER SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEDE OVER BOTH 

COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  



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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