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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

240 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 630 PM CDT



* AT 240 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A SLOW MOVING CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  AFFECTING ELLINGTON...GARWOOD...HADLEY...AND REDFORD. 



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO LOCALLY 4 INCHES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS 

WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS 

WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



SOME OF THE AFFECTED WATERWAYS ARE LOGAN CREEK...WEBB CREEK...SPRING 

CREEK...SINKING CREEK...AND THE BLACK RIVER.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS 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.



LAT...LON 3706 9096 3709 9096 3710 9101 3715 9104

      3719 9110 3721 9112 3726 9116 3732 9117

      3738 9118 3738 9107 3738 9092 3738 9075

      3718 9074 3713 9079 3705 9079



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