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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

510 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  MONITEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  GASCONADE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT



* AT 501 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA DURING 

  THE LAST FEW HOURS...WITH RAINFALLS BETWEEN THREE-QUARTERS OF AN

  INCH TO ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES.  ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING...

  BRINGING ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY

  HIGHER AMOUNTS.



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

  AFFECTING COLUMBIA...WRIGHT CITY...WASHINGTON...WARRENTON...

  VANDALIA...UNION...TIPTON...STURGEON...ROSEBUD...ROCHEPORT...

  RICH FOUNTAIN...PACIFIC...NEW HAVEN...MOUNT STERLING...

  MONTGOMERY CITY...MEXICO...JEFFERSON CITY...JAMESTOWN...

  HOUSE SPRINGS...HOLTS SUMMIT...HIGH RIDGE...

  GRAY SUMMIT...GERALD...FULTON....CLARKSBURG...CHAMOIS...

  CEDAR HILL...CALIFORNIA...BEAUFORT...AUXVASSE...ASHLAND...

  AND ARNOLD. 



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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST

LOUIS.



LAT...LON 3705 9097 3751 9133 3769 9118 3779 9155

      3828 9166 3833 9240 3860 9286 3926 9243

      3932 9145 3886 9097 3854 9095 3863 9074

      3846 9073 3851 9026 3821 8959 3781 8968

      3787 8993 3765 9014 3730 9015 3727 9073

TIME...MOT...LOC 1004Z 180DEG 0KT 3835 9105



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