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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

300 AM CDT SUN JUL 29 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 700 AM CDT



* AT 300 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUED TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING 

IN IRON COUNTY FROM IRONTON SOUTH TO SABULA AND ANNAPOLIS.  SEVERAL 

ROADS WERE STILL UNDER WATER AND IMPASSABLE IN ANNAPOLIS.  CREEKS 

AND STREAMS WERE ALSO OVER THERE BANKS IN LESTERVILLE IN 

NORTHEASTERN REYNOLDS COUNTY FORCING THE EVACUATION OF SEVERAL 

CAMPGROUNDS.



RADAR WAS ESTIMATING RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES DURING THE 

PAST THREE HOURS FROM JUST NORTH OF ANNAPOLIS TO SACO AND BUCKHORN.  

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN WILL 

CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE AREA UNTIL 5 OR 6 AM 

AGGRAVATING THE FLOOD SITUATION AND CAUSING THE FLOOD WATERS TO 

RECEDE MORE SLOWLY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IMMINENT...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER

GROUND. NEVER DRIVE INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



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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GKS

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