493  
WGUS73 KLSX 102047  
FFSLSX  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO  
347 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 2026  
 
MOC093-179-102115-  
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
IRON MO-REYNOLDS MO-  
347 PM CDT FRI JUL 10 2026  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT THIS  
AFTERNOON FOR IRON AND NORTHEASTERN REYNOLDS COUNTIES...  
 
AT 347 PM CDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS  
THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 6 AND 11 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH  
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.  
 
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING FLASH  
FLOODING.  
 
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.  
 
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN  
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.  
 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
VIBURNUM, ANNAPOLIS, GLOVER, OATES, BIXBY, LESTERVILLE, BLACK,  
HOGAN, CHLORIDE AND SABULA.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...  
JOHNSONS SHUT-INS STATE PARK AND TAUM SAUK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK.  
 
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.  
 
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE  
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED  
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.  
 
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE  
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME  
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR  
CREEKS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3759 9116 3770 9115 3774 9115 3774 9093  
3761 9073 3748 9055 3727 9055 3727 9056  
 
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED  
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
 
 
 
WALSH  
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