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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

921 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  RALLS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  ADAMS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 115 PM CDT



* THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF

  NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS SINCE THE EARLY 

  MORNING HOURS.  RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR INDICATE THAT 3 TO 4 

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM PARIS MISSOURI TO NEAR BOWLING 

  GREEN MISSOURI AND PITTSFIELD ILLINOIS.   SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS HAVE

  BEEN CLOSED BY FLOOD WATERS IN LEWIS COUNTY...IN THE MONTICELLO AND

  LA BELLE AREAS.



* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA.  JUST A FEW OF THE

  CITIES THAT WILL BE THREATENED BY FLOODING INCLUDE 

  PARIS...HANNIBAL...BOWLING GREEN...AND PITTSFIELD.



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

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



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.



TRUETT

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