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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

346 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SCOTLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 345 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER THE      

  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES   

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 3 HOURS...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM

  MEMPHIS TO GRANGER. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING TO  

  THE NORTHWEST OF SCOTLAND COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE    

  BACK INTO PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA...RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL    

  HEAVY RAIN AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE

  NORTHERN HALF OF SCOTLAND COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4059 9199 4033 9198 4033 9233 4057 9232



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