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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

204 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT



* AT 159 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

  WATER COVERING PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 127 AND HIGHWAY 140.  THE WATER 

  WAS UP TO 8 INCHES DEEP IN SPOTS. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 1200 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

  AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF 

  THE AFTERNOON.



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

  AFFECTING WOBURN...SORENTO...RENO AND GREENVILLE. 



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3874 8961 3888 8960 3889 8964 3898 8964

      3900 8961 3900 8959 3901 8960 3902 8958

      3903 8927 3875 8927

TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 180DEG 0KT 3888 8943



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