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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

620 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT



* AT 619 PM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED HIGH WATER ALONG INDIAN

  POINT CREEK IN HOYLETON WITH 4 FEET OF WATER OVER THE INTERSECTION

  OF SYCAMORE AND PEACHTREE ROADS. ALSO...IN CENTRALIA RACOON CREEK

  LOCATED NEAR A MOBILE HOME PARK IS RISING QUICKLY.  IN SALEM...

  A CREEK ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN IS OVER ITS BANKS AND THREATENING

  A NEARBY MOBILE HOME PARK.



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

  AFFECTING NASHVILLE...HOYLETON...CENTRALIA...SALEM...WAMAC

  ...STEPHEN FORBES STATE PARK...SANDOVAL...PATOKA...OMEGA...

  ODIN...KINMUNDY...HELM...FAIRMAN AND CENTRAL CITY.



AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 

TOMORROW MORNING.



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.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3847 8914 3822 8917 3822 8972 3841 8970

      3851 8915 3882 8913 3883 8870 3848 8871

TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 180DEG 0KT 3846 8919



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