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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

443 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

  MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 945 PM CST



* AT 441 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  IN A VIADUCT ON ILLINOIS ROUTE 16 IN SHIPMAN...CLOSING THE ROAD.

  RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER JERSEY AND

  MACOUPIN COUNTIES. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER

  THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.



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

  AFFECTING WILSONVILLE...VIRDEN...STAUNTON...SHIPMAN...PALMYRA...

  MOUNT OLIVE...KEMPER...JERSEYVILLE...GIRARD...GILLESPIE...

  CARLINVILLE...BUNKER HILL...BRIGHTON AND BENLD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 3899 8970 3900 9028 3892 9029 3898 9056

      3910 9061 3918 9057 3918 9052 3916 9051

      3918 9033 3922 9032 3922 9023 3926 9015

      3953 9014 3953 8971 3952 8970

TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 180DEG 0KT 3900 9031



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