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000 

WGUS53 KLSX 101915

FFWLSX

ILC083-102315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

213 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 613 PM CDT



* AT 207 PM 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 JERSEYVILLE AND ELSAH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES WILL 

CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN 

AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE 

AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. SOME CREEKS IMPACTED WILL BE THE LITTLE 

PIASA CREEK AND MILL CREEK. SIX TO SEVEN INCHES OF WATER WAS 

REPORTED ON DELHI ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 67...1 MILE NORTH OF DELHI.  

FLOODING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN ELSAH AND MCCLUSKY.



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.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST

LOUIS.



LAT...LON 3896 9042 3893 9028 3900 9028 3900 9015

      3913 9016 3912 9049



$$



DUMMER

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000 

WGUS53 KLSX 101915

FFWLSX

ILC083-102315-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

213 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 613 PM CDT



* AT 207 PM 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 JERSEYVILLE AND ELSAH.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES WILL 

CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN 

AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE 

AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. SOME CREEKS IMPACTED WILL BE THE LITTLE 

PIASA CREEK AND MILL CREEK. SIX TO SEVEN INCHES OF WATER WAS 

REPORTED ON DELHI ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 67...1 MILE NORTH OF DELHI.  

FLOODING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN ELSAH AND MCCLUSKY.



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.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST

LOUIS.



LAT...LON 3896 9042 3893 9028 3900 9028 3900 9015

      3913 9016 3912 9049



$$



DUMMER

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