Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS St. Louis, MO

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WGUS73 KLSX 020050
FFSLSX
MOC099-186-187-020145-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
735 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN ST.
FRANCOIS...NORTHERN STE. GENEVIEVE AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES
UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 735 PM CDT...THE STORMS WHICH CREATED UP TO 4 TO 7 INCHES OF 
RAINFALL NEAR THE SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY LINE AND JUST SOUTH IN 
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY AND STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY 
HAVE DRIFTED TO THE SOUTH. A FEW LIGHTER SHOWERS HAVE DRIFTED IN AND 
OUT THROUGH THE AREA.  

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM DESOTO TO VALLEY MINES
IN JEFFERSON COUNTY AND ALONG JOACHIM CREEK.  COMMUNITIES OF 
TIMBERLINE CREEK...FRENCH VILLAGE...AND GOOSE CREEK IN EXTREME 
NORTHERN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY ALSO REPORTED COPIOUS RAINFALL IN A 
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

HIGHWAYS V AND E IN JEFFERSON COUNTY AND ALSO MILLER STREET ALONG 
JOACHIM CREEK IN DESOTO ARE CLOSED AND JOACHIM CREEK IS OUT OF ITS 
BANKS IN SEVERAL AREAS. 

THERE IS ONE MORE HEAVY STORM WHICH HAS DEVELOPED NEAR ROLLA MISSOURI
THIS EVENING THAT COULD MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER ON THIS EVENING. 
IN ADDITION...RUNOFF FROM THE COPIOUS AMOUNT OF RAIN IN SUCH A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM DITCHES AND STREAMS INTO
LARGER STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES...PARTICULARLY THE BIG RIVER.  

KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS THROUGH THE EVENING.  THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 845 PM AND
IF THE STORMS TO THE WEST CONTINUE TO BLOOM THIS WARNING COULD 
POSSIBLY BE EXTENDED IN TIME.

WE ARE NOW ENTERING THE DARKNESS OF THE NIGHT. THIS IS WHEN MOST 
PEOPLE ARE KILLED...THEY CANNOT SEE AS WELL AND WALK OR DRIVE INTO 
THE MURKY WATERS OF THE NIGHT.  DO NOT BECOME A STATISTIC...REMAIN 
CAUTIOUS AND VIGILENT

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PEDIGO

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WGUS73 KLSX 020211
FFSLSX
MOC099-186-187-020300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
854 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ST. FRANCOIS...NORTHERN STE.
GENEVIEVE AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH
PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 
RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXTREME SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY AND ALONG THE 
NORTHERN BORDER OF ST. FRANCOIS AND STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTIES MAY HAVE 
REACHED 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAINFALL...MOST OF WHICH FELL IN TWO HOURS
OR LESS.  

MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE SERIOUS FLOODING OCCURRED AS FAR NORTH AS
DESOTO MISSOURI AND FURTHER SOUTH ALONG AND NEAR JOACHIM CREEK.
CERTAINLY THE HILLY TERRAIN CAUSED FLASH FLOODING AND AS STREAMS
AND TRIBUTARIES CONTINUE TO CARRY OFF THE EVENING RAINFALL THEY
WILL REMAIN SWOLLEN OR POSSIBLY FLOODED FOR A BRIEF TIME THROUGH 
SOME PORTION OF THE NIGHT.

THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED FOR THE NIGHT. HOWEVER IF 
YOU ARE OUTSIDE OR MOBILE YOU SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS NOT TO BE
WHERE WATER REMAINS.  IN ADDITION TO SAFE TRAVEL THOSE WITH FLOODED
BASEMENTS OR AREAS IN OR NEAR RESIDENCES SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT
FLOODED AREAS AND ELECTRICITY DO NOT MIX...STAY AWAY AND CALL A 
FIRE DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ALLOW THEM TO USE THEIR
EXPERTISE TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO. 

FINALLY...SOMETIMES WARNINGS SOUND THE SAME OR SEEM REPETITIOUS.
THANKS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR LISTENING AND TAKING 
PRECAUTIONS.  IT MAKES OUR JOB EASIER AND GIVES US ALL A HAPPY 
ENDING.

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PEDIGO