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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

703 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT TUESDAY



* AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE

  WARNED AREA.  THIS LATEST ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN REFORMED BETWEEN 

  530 PM AND 630 PM...AND IS TRACKING OVER THE EXACT AREA THAT

  RECEIVED THE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN EARLIER TODAY. 



  A REPORT FROM A COOPERATIVE RAINFALL OBSERVER INDICATES THAT 1.74

  INCHES OF RAIN FELL JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN EDWARDSVILLE 

  BETWEEN 6 PM AND 630 PM.  TOTAL RAINFALL FOR TODAY MAY BE IN

  EXCESS OF 6 INCHES...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND JUST EAST OF A

  EDWARDSVILLE...DORSEY LINE...WHICH MAKES THIS A DANGEROUS

  FLASH FLOOD SITUATION



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

  BETHALTO...COLLINSVILLE...EDWARDSVILLE...GLEN CARBON...MARYVILLE...

  PONTOON BEACH...TROY...WOOD RIVER...ALHAMBRA...CARPENTER...

  DORSEY...HARTFORD...LIVINGSTON...MARINE...PRAIRIETOWN...ROXANA...

  ST. JACOB AND WORDEN.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN

AROUND...DONT DROWN



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST

LOUIS.



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LAT...LON 3866 9012 3900 9011 3900 8969 3866 8969



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