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ILC051-121-261300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

649 AM CDT THU AUG 26 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MARION AND FAYETTE

COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM CDT...



AT 649 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SOME MINOR FLOODING OF A 

FEW ROADS IN MARION AND FAYETTE COUNTIES. WATER WAS COVERING THE 

ROAD ON HIGHWAY 37 SOUTH OF LA CLEDE...WHILE A NUMBER OF RURAL ROADS 

SOUTH OF SALEM HAD ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER COVERING 

THEM. THEY ALSO REPORTED MOST OF THE WATER WAS BEGINNING TO RECEDE. 



SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 

THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...HOWEVER THE BULK OF HEAVY FLOOD PRODUCING 

RAINFALL HAS ENDED...AND WATER SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEDE. MOTORISTS 

SHOULD USE CAUTION THIS MORNING AND BE PREPARED FOR SOME STANDING 

WATER.



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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