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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

926 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONITEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 130 PM CDT



* AT 921 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF 

MONITEAU COUNTY.  THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE BLINDING RAINFALL FOR

A FEW MINUTES WITH STEADY RAINS CONTINUING THROUGH 1130AM THIS

MORNING. 



RAINFALL TOTALS MAY REACH 3 TO 4 INCHES THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION

PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS HAVE SATURATED THE GROUND AND WATER WILL

READILY RUN OFF INTO DITCHES STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES. FLASH 

FLOODING IS IMMINENT



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER AREAS WHICH ARE 

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS 

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3843 9267 3844 9251 3879 9239 3887 9254

      3864 9283



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