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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
550 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013

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MARION IL-FAYETTE IL-
550 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY

* AT 546 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO THE WARNED
  AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THE WARNED AREA RECEIVED UP TO
  5 INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER TODAY CAUSING FLOODING. THE FLOODING HAS
  SUBSIDED ON THE MAIN ROADS...THOUGH NUMEROUS SECONDARY ROADS STILL
  HAVE WATER OVER THEM. UP TO ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAINFALL IS
  EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...WHICH WILL FALL ONTO SATURATED
  SOILS...SO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR.
  SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...SALEM...
  FARINA...HELM...KINMUNDY...OMEGA AND STEPHEN FORBES STATION.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A 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.

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.

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LAT...LON 3847 8870 3848 8900 3892 8900 3892 8870
      3848 8869

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BYRD