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WGUS73 KLSX 160109
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
709 PM CST SUN NOV 15 2009
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OSAGE MO-
709 PM CST SUN NOV 15 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OSAGE COUNTY UNTIL
900 PM CST...
AT 702 PM CST...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT BOTH COUNTY ROAD 412
AND COUNTY ROAD 416 IN THE BONNOTS MILL AREA WERE WATER COVERED.
WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN THAT PROMPTED THIS FLOODING HAS DECREASED IN
INTENSITY...RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING. ANY
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY AGGRAVATE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BONNOTS MILL
AND LOOSE CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON
FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
IN HILLY TERRAIN...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH
ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW
INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
LAT...LON 3839 9212 3847 9217 3846 9210 3847 9204
3850 9201 3855 9203 3858 9197 3867 9186
3869 9177 3871 9174 3871 9166 3837 9188
3829 9197 3829 9219 3836 9219
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