

000 

WGUS53 KLSX 261203

FFWLSX

ILC163-261600-

/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0032.080526T1158Z-080526T1600Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

658 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT



* AT 655 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY IN THE SMITHTON...

  FREEBURG AND BELLEVILLE AREAS. THERE WERE REPORTS OF FLOODED

  BASEMENTS AND STANDING WATER ON ROADS UP TO TWO FEET. RADAR

  ESTIMATES 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE YESTERDAY.



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

  AFFECTING BROOKLYN...WASHINGTON PARK...SWANSEA...SHILOH...SCOTT

  AFB...OFALLON...MASCOUTAH...LEBANON...FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS...FAIRMONT

  CITY...EAST ST. LOUIS...EAST CARONDELET...DUPO...CENTREVILLE...

  CASEYVILLE...CAHOKIA AND BELLEVILLE.



THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE CREEKS TO RISE ABOVE 

BANKFUL. AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3822 8990 3827 8993 3828 8991 3831 8991

      3831 9003 3833 9003 3841 9014 3842 9014

      3852 9026 3858 9023 3861 9018 3866 9018

      3865 8971 3822 8972

TIME...MOT...LOC 1158Z 180DEG 0KT 3847 9000



$$



BYRD

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000 

WGUS53 KLSX 261203

FFWLSX

ILC163-261600-

/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0032.080526T1158Z-080526T1600Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

658 AM CDT MON MAY 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT



* AT 655 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY IN THE SMITHTON...

  FREEBURG AND BELLEVILLE AREAS. THERE WERE REPORTS OF FLOODED

  BASEMENTS AND STANDING WATER ON ROADS UP TO TWO FEET. RADAR

  ESTIMATES 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE YESTERDAY.



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

  AFFECTING BROOKLYN...WASHINGTON PARK...SWANSEA...SHILOH...SCOTT

  AFB...OFALLON...MASCOUTAH...LEBANON...FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS...FAIRMONT

  CITY...EAST ST. LOUIS...EAST CARONDELET...DUPO...CENTREVILLE...

  CASEYVILLE...CAHOKIA AND BELLEVILLE.



THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE CREEKS TO RISE ABOVE 

BANKFUL. AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3822 8990 3827 8993 3828 8991 3831 8991

      3831 9003 3833 9003 3841 9014 3842 9014

      3852 9026 3858 9023 3861 9018 3866 9018

      3865 8971 3822 8972

TIME...MOT...LOC 1158Z 180DEG 0KT 3847 9000



$$



BYRD

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