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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

821 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 215 AM CDT



* AT 817 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FORM OVER SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND

  PUSH INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.  ALTHOUGH 

  FLOODING IS BEING REPORTED ON MANY STREETS AND ROADS...THE HEAVY 

  RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO BECOME

  MORE WIDESPREAD AND SEVERE. 



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

  AFFECTING TILDEN...STEELEVILLE...SPARTA...RED BUD...PERCY...

  EVANSVILLE...COULTERVILLE...CHESTER...BREMEN...BALDWIN...

  WEINGARTEN...STE. GENEVIEVE...ST. MARY...ROCKY RIDGE...PARK

  HILLS...LEADWOOD...FARMINGTON...DESLOGE...COFFMAN...BONNE

  TERRE...BLOOMSDALE AND BISMARCK.  



THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...

INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSOURI FROM EXIT 141 TO EXIT 162.



IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA BE CERTAIN THAT YOU CAREFULLY 

MONITOR WATER LEVELS OVERNIGHT.  PLAN NOW FOR A SAFE EESCAPE ROUTE 

IF EVACUATIONS BECOME NECESSARY.  IF FLOODING THREATENS...DO NOT 

WAIT...MOVE TO SAFETY AT ONCE.   



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.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST

LOUIS.



LAT...LON 3765 9065 3808 9064 3807 9061 3801 9062

      3800 9059 3804 9043 3812 9025 3809 9020

      3813 9006 3823 9002 3821 8959 3794 8961

      3781 8969 3790 8987 3783 9000 3764 9015

TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 180DEG 0KT 3773 9047



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