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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1107 AM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PIKE...BROWN...AND ADAMS 

COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS...AND MONROE...RALLS...MARION...SHELBY...LEWIS 

AND KNOX COUNTIES IN MISSOURI...UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...



AT 11 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND 

WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  THE HEAVY RAIN WAS CONCENTRATED IN A 20 MILE 

WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF PARIS...THROUGH 

MONROE CITY AND HANNIBAL...TO NEAR MOUNT STERLING.



THE TORRENTIAL RAINS OF THIS MORNING HAS FLOODED MANY ROADS AND 

DITCHES.  LAW ENFORCMENT REPORTS IN KNOX COUNTY...ROUTE E SOUTH OF 

KNOX CITY...AND HIGHWAY 151 SOUTH OF NOVELTY...ARE BOTH CLOSED.  IN 

QUINCY...AND IN THE KINDERHOOK AREA OF PIKE COUNTY ILLINOIS...SOME 

FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED.



HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY.  THE AREA OF MOST CONCERN 

WILL BE FROM NEAR PARIS...THROUGH THE MARK TWAIN LAKE AND QUINCY 

AREAS...TO NEAR MOUNT STERLING.  IN THIS NARROW AREA...ADDITIONAL 

RAINS OF ONE...TO POSSIBLY 2 INCHES...MAY OCCUR. 



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID

CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



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