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WGUS73 KLSX 260837

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

335 AM CDT THU AUG 26 2004



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

AUDRAIN COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM CDT...



AT 325 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT WHILE HIGH WATER WAS 

IN THE PROCESS OF RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS STILL HAD MINOR FLOODING 

WITH WATER UP TO 6 INCHES DEEP.  FLOODING WAS NO LONGER OCCURRING IN 

THE TOWN OF CENTRALIA...BUT JUST OUTSIDE OF TOWN...THERE WAS STILL 

SOME LINGERING HIGH WATER A FEW INCHES DEEP.  IN MEXICO...THERE WERE 

STILL SOME WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. 



THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI...THEREFORE THE RECEDING 

TREND SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.  UNTIL THE WATER 

HAS COMPLETELY RECEDED BE CAUTIOUS.



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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