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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

632 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 631 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING

  OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

  FALLEN NEAR RED BUD THE LAST 3 HOURS.  A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

  COOPERATIVE SPOTTER REPORTS SEVERAL ROADS ARE FLOODED UP TO 8

  INCHES DEEP NEAR PRAIRIE AND RED BUD.



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

  AFFECTING STEELEVILLE...SPARTA...RED BUD AND BALDWIN.



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.



LAT...LON 3794 8961 3782 8969 3807 9017 3808 9018

      3809 9020 3813 9004 3823 9004 3822 8960

TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 180DEG 0KT 3790 8944



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