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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
332 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  KNOX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
  LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  NORTHWESTERN CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  RALLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...
  WESTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT THURSDAY

* AT 328 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. LATEST RADAR ESTIMATES AND GROUND TRUTH OBSERVATIONS 
  INDICATE THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE YESTERDAY 
  OVER A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI INTO WEST CENTRAL 
  ILLINOIS. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR
  SHELBINA TO PHILADELPHIA TO NORTH QUINCY TO LORAINE. A NUMBER OF 
  ROADS ARE CLOSED ACROSS THIS REGION DUE TO HIGH WATER.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CANTON...CENTRALIA...COLUMBIA...EDINA...HANNIBAL...MEXICO...MONROE
  CITY...PALMYRA...PARIS...QUINCY...SANTA FE...SHELBINA...CAMP
  POINT...CENTER...CLARENCE...CLAYTON...COLONY...EMDEN...EWING...FALL
  CREEK...GOLDEN...GRANVILLE...HALLSVILLE...KNOX CITY...LA BELLE...LA
  GRANGE...LEWISTOWN...MADISON...MAUD AND MAYWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

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.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4025 9150 4020 9150 4020 9092 4011 9090
      4011 9077 3868 9236 3876 9241 3881 9238
      3900 9257 3924 9244 3925 9232 3995 9229
      3996 9235 4031 9234

$$

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