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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1145 PM CDT THU APR 21 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 545 AM CDT



* AT 1137 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

  STILL OCCURRING IN THE POTOSI AREA.



* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE       

  AFFECTING RICHWOODS...OLD MINES..LATTY...POTOSI...CADET...AND      

  ANTHONIES MILL.



EVEN THOUGH FLOOD WATERS FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING HAVE BEEN 

RECEDING...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE 

MOVING THROUGH THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.  ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF AN 

INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. THIS WILL ADD TO THE 

FLOODING PROBLEMS FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3791 9111 3781 9065 3807 9066 3821 9078

      3823 9111



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