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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

653 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY



* AT 649 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR             

  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE        

  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT ONE AND ONE HALF TO 2 INCHES OF  

  RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER A WIDESPREAD PORTION OF THE COUNTY.  THIS     

  HEAVY RAIN OVER ALREADY WET GROUND WILL RUN OFF INTO CREEKS AND    

  STREAMS AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  VANDALIA...BROWNSTOWN...FARINA...RAMSEY...SHOBONIER...ST. ELMO AND

  WRIGHTS CORNER.



HURRICANE CREEK...HICKORY CREEK...BEAR CREEK...BECKS CREEK...HOFFMAN 

CREEK...ASH CREEK...AND RAMSEY CREEK ARE SOME OF THE HARDEST HIT 

BASINS.  PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR THESE CREEKS SHOULD PAY CLOSE 

ATTENTION TO WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

IMMEDIATELY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED.



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.



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LAT...LON 3883 8914 3874 8915 3874 8926 3921 8925

      3922 8881 3892 8880 3892 8870 3883 8870



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