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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

655 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 1000 AM CDT



* AT 650 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN JUST NORTH AND WEST OF 

  SCOTLAND COUNTY.  



* RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN  

  ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SCOTLAND COUNTY INTO THE NORTH WYACONDA RIVER 

  BASIN.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TO THE WEST AND NORTH WILL ONLY 

  INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS 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 WILL BE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. 



MOTORISTS ACROSS SCOTLAND COUNTY...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN 

PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL THIS MORNING.  

THIS INCLUDES STATE ROUTE 15 AND SECONDARY ROADS FROM MEMPHIS TO THE 

STATE LINE. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS.  IF YOU ENCOUNTER AN 

AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD...TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER 

ROUTE.  



LAT...LON 4061 9199 4033 9198 4032 9233 4061 9234



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