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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

540 AM CDT THU AUG 18 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONITEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 945 AM CDT



* AT 539 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  AFFECTING AREAS MAINLY WEST OF CALIFORNIA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.  AREAS ESPECIALLY HARD HIT WILL BE 

SOUTH OF CLARKSBURG AND WEST OF CALIFORNIA ALONG US ROUTE 50.  THE 

NORTH MORAEAU CREEK IS EXPECTED TO RISE RAPIDLY AND WILL BE A FLASH 

FLOODING RISK. COUNTY ROADS E AND H AND BB WILL BE ESPECIALLY 

SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING THIS MORNING. 



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. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3868 9263 3891 9250 3886 9248 3881 9240

      3875 9242 3872 9240 3843 9250 3843 9258

      3844 9263 3858 9282 3868 9284



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