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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

701 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT



* AT 657 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH

  FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.  SOME ROADS IN THE TOWN OF PARIS 

  ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.  ALSO HIGHWAY 15 SOUTH OF PARIS HAS 

  WATER FROM A CREEK APPROACHING THE ROAD ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT CLOSED 

  YET.  RADAR WAS SHOWING MORE RAIN MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS     

  MORNING.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO ONE INCH CAN BE

  EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.



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

  AFFECTING WOODLAWN AND GRANVILLE.



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 3961 9230 3961 9173 3943 9172 3934 9185

      3935 9231

TIME...MOT...LOC 1201Z 180DEG 0KT 3950 9215



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