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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

748 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT WEDNESDAY



* AT 746 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE   

  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

  ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

  EXPECTED TO TO MOVE OVER THIS SAME AREA PRODUCING UP TO ANOTHER 

  INCH OF RAINFALL DURING THE EVENING HOURS. 



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  ANNAPOLIS...BUCKHORN...MARQUAND AND SACO.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO

NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3727 9075 3737 9075 3737 9078 3747 9077

      3747 9015 3731 9014 3731 9055 3727 9056

      3727 9074



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