FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1217 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1015 AM CST.
* AT 1216 AM CST MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. ALTHOUGH LITTLE ADDDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS
MORNING...THE HIGH WATER WILL NEED MORE TIME TO RECEDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3727 9074 3731 9055 3731 9015 3764 9015
3788 8993 3790 8984 3774 8966 3769 8952
3754 8952 3741 8942 3732 8951 3725 8950
3723 8962 3713 8977 3713 8996 3705 9000
3705 9015 3693 9026 3693 9067 3706 9075
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FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1005 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE ST. FRANCIS RIVER NEAR PATTERSON.
* AT 9:30 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.4 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING
AND CREST NEAR 21.0 FEET BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL
BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY MORNING.
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WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1000 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS MISSOURI
TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 30 MPH THE REST
OF TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE
THROUGH FRIDAY.
* WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST...AND THEN TURN
MORE SOUTHERLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND FINALLY SHIFT TO
THE SOUTHWEST BY FRIDAY MORNING.
* DAMAGE TO WEAK OR ROTTING TREES CAN BE EXPECTED. TREE HANGERS
FROM LAST YEARS ICE STORM MAY ALSO FALL...WHICH COULD CAUSE
SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS DISPLAYS MAY BE BLOWN
ABOUT IF THEY ARE NOT PROPERLY SECURED. DIFFICULT DRIVING
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGHER PROFILE VEHICLES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WET GROUNDS DUE TO RAINS MAY ALLOW SMALLER OR LOOSELY ROOTED
TREES TO UPROOT DUE TO THE HIGH WINDS. UNSECURED PATIO OR OUTDOOR
PLACEMENTS MAY BE PRONE TO DAMAGE FROM TUMBLING. TRAVEL WILL BE
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE COMBINATION
OF WET ROADS AND HIGH WINDS MEANS HOLIDAY MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
EXTRA CAUTIOUS AND ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION.
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