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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

457 PM CDT TUE AUG 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 451 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR

  ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER THE WARNED   

  AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED. 



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

  THE LITTLE SALINE RIVER...THE RIVER AUXVASES...MILL CREEK...AND    

  COPPER MINE CREEK.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3767 9011 3770 9016 3768 9021 3788 9046

      3798 9032 3805 9041 3810 9033 3809 9030

      3812 9025 3797 9001 3796 8996 3791 8998

      3787 8994 3783 9000



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