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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

747 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  SOUTHERN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT



* AT 730 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

FLOODING AT TWIN RIVERS CAMPGROUND JUST OUTSIDE LESTERVILLE. THE

CAMPGROUND HAS BEEN EVACUATED AND WATER WAS A FOOT OVER THE ROAD

LEADING OUT OF THE PARK.  RAIN BEGAN AROUND 500PM IN REYNOLDS 

COUNTY. IT HAS BEEN RAINING STEADILY FOR THE PAST 3 HOURS. DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY AND MODERATE TO 

OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 1000 PM THIS 

EVENING.



SOUTHERN IRON COUNTY AND CENTAL MADISON COUNTY BETWEEN GLOVER AND 

FREDERICKTOWN HAS RECEIVED 1.50 TO 2.50 INCHES OF RAIN. 



RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THIS AREA AVERAGED 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE 24 

HOURS ENDING AT 7AM THIS MORNING...SO THE GROUND IS TOTALLY 

SATURATED AND WITH THE HILLY AND ROCKY TERRAIN RAPID RISES WILL 

AGAIN OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH THIS AREA.  THE BLACK RIVER AT ANNAPOLIS 

WAS AT 5.36 FEET AT 800 PM THIS EVENING AND IS FORECAST TO CREST AT 

7.5 FEET SUNDAY MORNING...A HALF FOOT BELOW FLOOD STAGE. SMALLER 

CREEKS AND TRIBUTARIES WILL LIKELY FLOOD LATER TONIGHT AS RUNOFF 

FROM THIS EVENINGS RAIN REACHES THEM.



LOW WATER BRIDGES WILL BE DANGEROUS IF NOT IMPASSABLE TONIGHT.

SECONDARY ROADS WILL ALSO BE VULNERABLE.  



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

AFFECTING VIBURNUM...ROSELLE...PILOT KNOB...OATES...KNOB LICK...  

JUNCTION CITY...IRONTON...IRON MOUNTAIN...GLOVER...FREDERICKTOWN...  

BUNKER...BIXBY...BELLEVIEW AND ARCADIA.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



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 TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3721 9115 3749 9123 3750 9132 3759 9134

      3760 9118 3774 9115 3774 9066 3776 9057

      3766 9018 3732 9017 3730 9023 3731 9054

      3727 9056 3727 9073 3717 9073 3710 9078

      3705 9093

TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 180DEG 0KT 3745 9090



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