Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS St. Louis, MO

000 
WGUS73 KLSX 110740
FFSLSX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
228 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 2006

MOC007-137-205-111200-
AUDRAIN MO-MONROE MO-SHELBY MO-
228 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR
SHELBY...MONROE AND AUDRAIN COUNTIES...

AT 223 AM CDT...A SOLID AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CURVES
FROM NORTHEAST MISSOURI TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI AND 
INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL BETWEEN NOW AND 
400 AM WILL OCCUR OVER MONROE COUNTY BUT CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE
THAT HEAVY RAIN WILL GRADUALLY EXPAND BACK TO THE NORTH INTO 
SHELBY COUNTY AND RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE PAST SUNRISE.  

DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES INDICATE 1 TO 2 INCHES 
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY WITH LOCAL 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN MONROE AND AUDRAIN COUNTIES.

OTHER STORMS WITH INTENSE RAINFALL WERE LOCATED OVER RANDOLPH AND 
WESTERN MACON COUNTIES AND THESE WILL MOVE INTO THE WARNED 
AREA BETWEEN 300 AM AND 400 AM. THE SOIL WILL NOT ABLE TO DRAIN
AWAY THIS RAIN AND SOME OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WILL
TAKE PLACE BEFORE SUNRISE.  

KEEP AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND IF YOU LIVE OR DRIVE IN 
LOW AREAS YOU MAY BE VULNERABLE TO SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS
FLOODING.  

RAINFALL TOTALS IN SOME AREAS COULD EXCEED 4 TO 6 INCHES BY
SUNRISE HIGHWAY F NORTHWEST OF PARIS IS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER
AND CITY ROADS IN THE COMMUNITY OF GRANVILLE ARE FLOODED.

MANY, MANY MORE ROADS WILL FLOOD BEFORE MORNING.  BE PREPARED

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.

LAT...LON 3995 9185 3967 9186 3965 9173 3933 9172
      3931 9149 3919 9143 3918 9144 3915 9151
      3916 9163 3909 9166 3908 9207 3911 9211
      3924 9210 3925 9230 3994 9228

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PEDIGO

000 
WGUS73 KLSX 110947
FFSLSX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
432 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 2006

MOC007-137-205-111200-
AUDRAIN MO-MONROE MO-SHELBY MO-
432 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR
SHELBY...MONROE AND AUDRAIN COUNTIES...

AT 430 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A BROAD AREA OF SHOWES AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAILING FROM
THE WARNED AREA WEST THROUGH CHILLICOTHE TO ST. JOSEPH. 

THE STORMS ARE DRIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DOPPLER PRECIPIATION ESTIMATES INDICATE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SHELBY...2 TO 5 INCHES IN MONROE COUNTY WITH
THE HEAVIEST IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE COUNTY NEAR GRANVILLE
AND WOODLAWN.  NO DOUBT THE MIDDLE FORK OF SALT RIVER AND ITS 
TRIBUTARIES HAS RECEIVED EXTREME AMOUNTS OF RUNOFF OVERNIGHT
AND FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THIS AREA.  FINALLY....2 TO 4 
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AUDRAIN COUNTY...PARTICULARLY
BETWEEN MEXICO AND CENTRALIA. SERIOUS FLOODING COULD ALSO BE
OCCURING THERE. 

THERE IS A SERIOUS CONTINUED THREAT OF RAIN THROUGH THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS.  A LARGE AREA OF RAINFALL STILL EXTENDS FROM
MACON TO ST. JOSEPH. THIS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA
THROUGH 700 AM THIS MORNING.  THE GROUND IS TOTALLY SATURATED
AND CANNOT HOLD ANY MORE WATER. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AND
SERIOUS CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS STILL LIKELY.
SERIOUS FLOODING IS ALSO STILL LIKELY.  USE YOUR HEAD  DO 
NOT WALK OR TRAVEL WHERE YOU CANNOT SEE

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST 
LOUIS.

LAT...LON 3995 9185 3967 9186 3965 9173 3933 9172
      3931 9149 3919 9143 3918 9144 3915 9151
      3916 9163 3909 9166 3908 9207 3911 9211
      3924 9210 3925 9230 3994 9228

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PEDIGO