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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
618 AM CDT THU AUG 6 2026
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FRANKLIN MO-
618 AM CDT THU AUG 6 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT THIS
MORNING FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY...
AT 618 AM CDT, THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD COME TO AN END. HOWEVER, FLASH
FLOODING WAS ONGOING. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
CAUSING ROAD CLOSURES. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE EVEN AS THE RAIN
HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 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...
WASHINGTON, UNION, SULLIVAN, PACIFIC, ST. CLAIR, VILLA RIDGE, GRAY
SUMMIT, PARKWAY, MIRAMIGUOA PARK, LONEDELL, MOSELLE, PINEY PARK,
ROBERTSVILLE, CATAWISSA, STANTON AND LYON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...
ROBERTSVILLE STATE PARK AND MERAMEC STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 225 AND 257.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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.
LAT...LON 3820 9118 3860 9118 3860 9112 3861 9106
3860 9104 3856 9101 3853 9092 3858 9082
3859 9078 3864 9073 3842 9074 3821 9078
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR AND 30 MINUTES
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