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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1227 AM CDT TUE SEP 20 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 1224 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 OKAWVILLE...NASHVILLE AND ASHLEY.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF

RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON

COUNTY...PARTICULARLY JUST SOUTH OF CENTRALIA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL

AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN NOW AND 300 AM 

THIS MORNING.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST

LOUIS.



LAT...LON 3822 8969 3823 8917 3850 8917 3851 8942

      3844 8968



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