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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

824 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  ST. LOUIS CITY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

  JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

  MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 230 PM CDT THURSDAY



* ONE ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA THIS 

  MORNING...AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS

  THROUGHOUT THE REGION INDICATE THAT ANOTHER ROUND OF VERY

  HEAVY RAIN WILL BE PUSHING INTO THE AREA DURING THE REMAINDER

  OF THE MORNING.  WIDESPREAD ADDITIONAL RAINS OF

  1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH SOME AREAS IN EAST CENTRAL

  MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS RECEIVING HEAVIER AMOUNTS

  IN LOCALIZED AREAS.



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

  AFFECTING  WHITE HALL...VIRDEN...VANDALIA...STAUNTON...

  ROODHOUSE...RAYMOND...PALMYRA...NOKOMIS...LITCHFIELD...

  JERSEYVILLE...HILLSBORO...HARDIN...GRAFTON...

  GODFREY...GIRARD...GILLESPIE...FARMERSVILLE...COFFEEN...

  CARROLLTON...CARLINVILLE...BUNKER HILL...BRIGHTON...

  WINFIELD...TROY...LOUISIANA...HAWK POINT...ELSBERRY...

  CLARKSVILLE AND BOWLING GREEN.



THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...

INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI FROM EXIT 203 TO EXIT 231.

INTERSTATE 70 IN ILLINOIS FROM EXIT 21 TO EXIT 76.

INTERSTATE 44 FROM EXIT 261 TO EXIT 277.

INTERSTATE 55 IN ILLINOIS FROM EXIT 23 TO EXIT 63.

INTERSTATE 57 FROM EXIT 109 TO EXIT 135.

INTERSTATE 64 IN ILLINOIS FROM EXIT 9 TO EXIT 61.



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.



LAT...LON 3847 8914 3821 8916 3823 8990 3851 9026

      3840 9033 3850 9041 3846 9073 3863 9074

      3855 9097 3886 9097 3915 9141 3946 9147

      3960 9120 3939 9075 3952 9058 3953 8955

      3935 8953 3935 8914 3921 8881 3848 8870

TIME...MOT...LOC 1324Z 180DEG 0KT 3895 9083



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