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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

920 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A LEVEE FAILURE IN...

  SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 315 AM CDT



* AT 907 PM CDT...THE MISSOURI HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED THE LEVEE

  2 MILES NORTH OF GREGORY LANDING WAS BEING OVERTOPPED.

  EVACUATIONS WERE TAKING PLACE IN ALEXANDRIA.



* AFFECTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE ALEXANDRIA AND GREGORY BOTTOMS.



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.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF 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.



LAT...LON 4030 9155 4041 9157 4043 9153 4041 9152

      4041 9150 4039 9149 4039 9147 4037 9145

      4028 9150 4025 9150 4025 9155



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