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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

502 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY



* AT 457 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE    

  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL INDICATE UP TO 2 INCHES 

  OF RAIN MAY HAVE ALREADY FALLEN SOUTH OF A BUNKER...CENTERVILLE 

  LINE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE OZARKS ARE MOVING 

  EAST...AND WILL BRING ADDITIONAL RAINS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES TO THE 

  AREA EARLY THIS EVENING.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  BUNKER...ELLINGTON...GARWOOD...OATES AND REYNOLDS.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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 ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



&&



LAT...LON 3705 9097 3709 9098 3710 9103 3716 9105

      3720 9114 3725 9114 3726 9117 3732 9119

      3741 9119 3742 9123 3750 9123 3751 9132

      3760 9132 3760 9078 3737 9078 3737 9075

      3716 9074 3714 9078 3705 9079



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