Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS St. Louis, MO

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WGUS73 KLSX 221750
FFSLSX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1250 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011

MOC099-186-187-221-221757-
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ST. FRANCOIS MO-STE. GENEVIEVE MO-WASHINGTON MO-JEFFERSON MO-
1250 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
JEFFERSON...WASHINGTON...NORTHERN STE. GENEVIEVE AND ST. FRANCOIS
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO 
RECEDE...AND LAW ENFORCEMENT THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST MISSOURI HAVE NOT 
RECEIVED ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING OR CLOSED ROADS.

HOWEVER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT AS ANOTHER ROUND OF 
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY 
THIS EVENING.  THESE STORMS COULD POSE ANOTHER DANGER OF FLASH 
FLOODING...SO PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE AREA ARE URGED TO MONITOR 
WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

LAT...LON 3799 9003 3821 9036 3843 8960 3808 8960

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ILC133-157-163-189-221830-
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RANDOLPH IL-WASHINGTON IL-MONROE IL-ST. CLAIR IL-
1250 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ST.
CLAIR...SOUTHERN MONROE...SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN
RANDOLPH COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SCATTERED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS HAVE MOVED FROM RED BUD TO 
JUST EAST OF MARISSA SINCE 12 NOON....BUT ARE GETTING READY TO EXIT 
THE WARNING AREA...PRODUCING SPOTTY RAINS OF AROUND ONE-HALF INCH.
 HOWEVER...SOUTH OF A RED BUD....MARISSA LINE...NO HEAVY RAIN HAS 
BEEN REPORTED SINCE AROUND 8 AM.  

IF CURRENT TRENDS CONTINUE...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL 
TEMPORARILY SUBSIDE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...A FLASH FLOOD 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT AS ANOTHER ROUND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 
ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING.  THESE 
STORMS COULD POSE ANOTHER DANGER OF FLASH FLOODING...SO PEOPLE 
THROUGHOUT THE AREA ARE URGED TO MONITOR WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS INTO 
THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

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LAT...LON 3799 9003 3821 9036 3843 8960 3808 8960

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