FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 148 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 930 PM CST
* AT 125 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI INTO SOUTHWEST
ILLINOIS. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA AND AN ADDITONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE AS A
LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN THAT EXTENDS SOUTHWARD INTO
EASTERN ARKANSAS WILL MOVE NORTH OVER THE WARNING AREA WELL
INTO THIS EVENING.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BISMARCK...CHESTER...DESLOGE... FARMINGTON...FREDERICKTOWN...
IRONTON...POTOSI...STE. GENEVIEVE...ANNAPOLIS... COFFMAN...
COULTERVILLE...COURTOIS...ELLINGTON AND IRON MOUNTAIN.
A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF WATER WAS
COVERING COUNTY ROADS 201 AND 510 NEAR FREDERICKTOWN. THE GAUGES ON
THE LITTLE ST. FRANCIS RIVER NEAR FREDERICKTON...LOGAN CREEK NEAR
ELLINGTON AS WELL AS THE ST. FRANCIS RIVER AT ROSELLE...MILL CREEK
AND SACO ARE SHOWING RAPID RISES THE PAST FEW HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING
STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST
LOUIS.
LAT...LON 3705 9097 3720 9114 3750 9123 3754 9133
3760 9132 3760 9117 3774 9111 3818 9110
3819 9076 3800 9058 3813 9004 3822 9004
3822 8960 3821 8959 3781 8969 3788 8993
3765 9014 3732 9014 3727 9073 3706 9078
$$
BRITT
FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 909 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE BLACK RIVER NEAR ANNAPOLIS.
* FROM THIS EVENING TO SUNDAY MORNING.
* AT 8:15 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.0 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE
TO NEAR 10.5 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 9.0 FEET...COUNTY ROAD 372 WILL BEGIN FLOODING NEAR THIS
HEIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...ANNAPOLIS ROAD ON THE WEST BANK OF THE BLACK
RIVER SOUTH OF LESTERVILLE BEGINS FLOODING CLOSE TO THIS HEIGHT.
THIS IS THE ONLY ROAD DIRECTLY CONNECTING ANNAPOLIS AND
LESTERVILLE.
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FLD LATEST 7AM FORECAST
LOCATION STG OBS STG 12/25 12/26 12/27 12/28 12/29
BLACK RIVER
ANNAPOLIS 8 4.03 10.5 8.0 5.9 4.9 4.4
FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 332 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...IN ILLINOIS...ADAMS IL...BOND IL...BROWN IL...
CALHOUN IL...CLINTON IL...FAYETTE IL...GREENE IL...JERSEY IL...
MACOUPIN IL...MADISON IL...MARION IL...MONROE IL...MONTGOMERY
IL...PIKE IL...RANDOLPH IL...ST. CLAIR IL AND WASHINGTON IL.
IN MISSOURI...AUDRAIN...BOONE...CALLAWAY...COLE...CRAWFORD...
FRANKLIN...GASCONADE...IRON...JEFFERSON...KNOX...LEWIS...
LINCOLN...MADISON...MARION...MONITEAU...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...
OSAGE...PIKE...RALLS...REYNOLDS...SHELBY...ST. CHARLES...ST.
FRANCOIS...ST. LOUIS...ST. LOUIS CITY...STE. GENEVIEVE...
WARREN AND WASHINGTON.
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT
* THE GROUND HAS BECOME SATURATED IN MANY AREAS BECAUSE THE 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN SINCE MONDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER 1 TO
2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A
POTENT STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES.
THE LATEST WEATHER DATA SUGGESTS THAT THE HIGHEST RAINFALL
AMOUNTS WILL BE OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.
* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF COULD LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG CREEKS AND RIVERS
ACROSS THE AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE
POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE
CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES.
$$
BRITT
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