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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
517 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2025
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CLINTON IL-SAINT CLAIR IL-
517 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR WESTERN CLINTON AND NORTHEASTERN SAINT CLAIR COUNTIES...
AT 517 PM CDT, TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3.5
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1
INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY
OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BELLEVILLE, O'FALLON, SHILOH, MASCOUTAH, BREESE, LEBANON,
FREEBURG, NEW BADEN, CARLYLE, SCOTT AFB, TRENTON, AVISTON, ST.
ROSE, GERMANTOWN, ALBERS, BECKEMEYER, NEW MEMPHIS, JAMESTOWN,
BARTELSO AND DAMIANSVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 64 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 19 AND 34.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3843 8995 3866 8994 3866 8960 3874 8960
3874 8937 3849 8941 3850 8943 3847 8948
3848 8958 3847 8961 3845 8963 3844 8967
3843 8968
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
MRB
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