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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1046 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KNOX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 445 AM CDT



* AT 1041 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR

  ESTIMATES UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHEASTERN      

  PORTIONS OF KNOX COUNTY SINCE 700 PM.



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

  PRIMARILY AFFECTING NOVELTY...PLEVNA...AND NEWARK.                 

  PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR THE SOUTH FABIUS RIVER IN SOUTHEAST KNOX      

  COUNTY SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS. HOWEVER ADDITIONAL           

  THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY AND PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY

  SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THE NIGHT.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 4030 9195 3995 9196 3996 9235 4030 9235

TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 180DEG 0KT 4008 9211



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