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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

319 AM CDT THU JUL 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  MONITEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 815 AM CDT



* AT 316 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR

  ESTIMATES OF CLOSE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE 

  WARNED AREA SINCE LATE THIS EVENING.



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

  AFFECTING WARDSVILLE...TIPTON...TAOS...ST. MARTINS...

  RUSSELLVILLE...MCGIRK...JEFFERSON CITY...CLARKSBURG...CENTERTOWN

  AND CALIFORNIA.



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THIS AREA OVER THE 

NEXT FEW HOURS BEFORE DAYBREAK. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. 



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST

LOUIS.



LAT...LON 3869 9284 3870 9262 3857 9165 3828 9166

      3828 9219 3833 9220 3833 9241 3842 9241

      3843 9263 3857 9282 3861 9284



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