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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

537 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT



* AT 533 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

  FLOODING FROM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.  SEVERAL

  ROADS AROUND THE COLUMBIA AREA HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO STANDING 

  WATER.



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

  AFFECTING STURGEON...MURRY...MIDWAY...HALLSVILLE...COLUMBIA...

  CENTRALIA AND ASHLAND.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA...AS ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROCHES FROM THE 

WEST TO FURTHER AGGRAVATE EXISTING FLOODING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST

LOUIS.



LAT...LON 3924 9211 3907 9212 3906 9215 3890 9218

      3880 9215 3871 9223 3865 9222 3868 9235

      3872 9235 3875 9240 3881 9239 3897 9257

      3924 9243



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