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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

858 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY



* AT 856 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      

  WARNED AREA. 1 TO LOCALLY 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH    

  THIS THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WHICH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH          

  FLOODING. 



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  BELLEVILLE...CAHOKIA...CASEYVILLE...CENTREVILLE...COLUMBIA...

  DUPO...EAST ST. LOUIS...FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS...FREEBURG...LEBANON...

  MASCOUTAH...MILLSTADT...OFALLON...SCOTT AFB...SHILOH...SWANSEA...

  WASHINGTON PARK...WATERLOO...BROOKLYN...EAST CARONDELET...FAIRMONT

  CITY...FOUNTAIN...MARISSA...NEW ATHENS...NEW DESIGN...SMITHTON AND

  VALMEYER.



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.



&&



LAT...LON 3822 9004 3814 9004 3809 9021 3815 9028

      3821 9035 3829 9038 3837 9036 3844 9029

      3855 9025 3861 9018 3866 9018 3866 8971

      3822 8971



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