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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

814 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN RALLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT



* AT 807 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH   

  FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA...WITH SEVERAL ROADS THROUGHOUT 

  NORTHERN RALLS COUNTY REMAINING UNDER WATER. RADAR ESTIMATES 

  BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL FELL OVER A VERY SHORT PERIOD  

  OF TIME...AND BACKED UP AREA CREEKS.



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

  AFFECTING SPAULDING...RENSSELAER AND NEW LONDON.



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 3968 9131 3960 9121 3951 9139 3952 9172

      3954 9172 3969 9172 3969 9163



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