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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1136 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  NORTHERN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

  SOUTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 1132 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCALLY 

  HEAVY RAINFALL HAS BEEN OCCURRING AND RADAR ESTIMATES THAT NEARLY 

  2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG AN AXIS FROM HILLSBORO TO 

  CHERRYVILLE SINCE 900 PM.  HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE

  THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

  EXPECTED.



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

  AFFECTING WATERLOO...VALMEYER...TILDEN...SPARTA...SMITHTON...RED

  BUD...NEW DESIGN...NEW ATHENS...MILLSTADT...MASCOUTAH...MARISSA...

  FREEBURG...FOUNTAIN...EVANSVILLE...COULTERVILLE...COLUMBIA...

  BALDWIN...SULLIVAN...RICHWOODS...PEVELY...PARKWAY...OLYMPIAN

  VILLAGE...LONEDELL...LEASBURG...HILLSBORO...HERCULANEUM...FESTUS...

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

  BARNHART...ANTONIA AND ANTHONIES MILL.



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. AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS AS THEY WILL

BE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.



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 3773 9131 3777 9133 3778 9154 3819 9154

      3840 9073 3840 9033 3851 9026 3851 8972

      3821 8972 3821 8960 3794 8962 3782 8968

      3789 8984 3787 8989 3788 8994 3774 9008

TIME...MOT...LOC 0436Z 180DEG 0KT 3808 9069



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