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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1110 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  NORTHERN REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 1110 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN AND AROUND THE MARK 

  TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST IN IRON AND MADISON COUNTIES AS WELL AS 

  THE TOWNS OF GLOVER...CHLORIDE...SABULA...ANNAPOLIS... 

  MARQUAND...AND LESTERVILLE.  RADAR HAS ESTIMATED AS MUCH AS 4 TO 5 

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA.



* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED OR IS IMMINENT FOR THESE AREAS AS 

  WELL AS THE BLACK RIVER...CASTOR RIVER...AND THE STE FRANCOIS 

  RIVER.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE   

  EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE

TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT

TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



THOSE CAMPING NEAR SMALL STREAMS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AT

ONCE. WATER LEVELS MAY RISE RAPIDLY WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING...EVEN

IF THE HEAVY RAINS ARE WELL UPSTREAM OF YOUR CAMPSITE.



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