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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

820 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 215 AM CDT MONDAY



* AT 815 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING

  FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF HILLSBORO TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF

  CARLINVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD AROUND

  5 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR

  HIGHWAY 16 BETWEEN SHIPMAN AND LITCHFIELD SINCE 6 PM.  THE

  MACOUPIN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED NEARLY 4 FEET OF WATER OVER

  SPANISH NEEDLE ROAD NEAR GILLESPIE. 



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

  BE AFFECTING RAYMOND AND CARLINVILLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 3951 8955 3932 9012 3907 9012 3914 8937



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BRITT

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