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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

418 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  ST. LOUIS CITY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT



* AT 413 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE   

  WARNED AREA. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAS FALLEN ON TOP OF THE ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN THAT 

  FELL YESTERDAY. 



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  AFFTON...BALLWIN...BEL-RIDGE...BELLEFONTAINE NEIGHBORS...

  BERKELEY...BLACK JACK...BRENTWOOD...BRIDGETON...CHESTERFIELD...

  CLARKSON VALLEY...CLAYTON...COOL VALLEY...CRESTWOOD...CREVE

  COEUR...DELLWOOD...DES PERES...ELLISVILLE...EUREKA...FENTON...

  FERGUSON...FLORISSANT...FRONTENAC...GLENDALE...HAZELWOOD...

  HILLSDALE...JENNINGS...KINLOCH...KIRKWOOD...LADUE AND LAKESHIRE.



SEVERAL AREA CREEKS ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED THEIR BANKS SHORTLY FROM 

THESE RECENT RAINS. 



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ST

LOUIS.



&&



LAT...LON 3871 9020 3861 9018 3855 9025 3839 9034

      3845 9034 3846 9041 3850 9041 3850 9059

      3847 9061 3847 9066 3844 9067 3847 9074

      3863 9074 3868 9067 3869 9055 3883 9045

      3883 9037 3889 9031 3883 9021 3881 9012



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