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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

613 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1115 PM CST



* AT 608 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

  FALLEN OVER WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES SINCE NOON. AN 

  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.



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

  AFFECTING RICHWOODS...OLD MINESPEVELY...OLYMPIAN VILLAGE...

  MURPHY...HOUSE   SPRINGS...HILLSBORO...HIGH RIDGE...HERCULANEUM  

  ...FESTUS...DITTMER...DE SOTO...CRYSTAL CITY...CEDAR HILL...

  BYRNES MILL...BARNHART...ARNOLD AND ANTONIA.



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.



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 3820 9110 3821 9078 3846 9074 3845 9067

      3848 9066 3850 9059 3850 9041 3846 9041

      3845 9034 3829 9038 3821 9036 3812 9025

      3800 9059 3801 9062 3808 9064 3774 9066

      3774 9110

TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 180DEG 0KT 3809 9073



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