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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1259 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 1259 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE

OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM KIRKSVILLE

TO BROOKFIELD AND ON TO THE SOUTHWEST TO 40 MILES EAST OF ST JOSEPH. 

THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH...ONE

FOLLOWING ANOTHER.



KIRKSVILLE REPORTED 1.45 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 1:00 AM

AND 4.02 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 7:00 PM. HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN 

FALLING IN KNOX COUNTY SATURDAY EVENING. THE BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL 

WILL SAG

FURTHER SOUTH INTO LEWIS AND SHELBY COUNTIES BEGINNING AROUND 2:00 

AM WITH VERY INTENSE RAINFALL BETWEEN 3:00 AM AND 7:00 AM.  



YOU CAN EXPECT 2 TO LOCALLY 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVERNIGHT WITH

SERIOUS FLOODING DUE TO SATURATED SOILS. 



SHARP RISES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS ON THE NORTH 

FABIUS...MIDDLE FABIUS...SOUTH FABIUS...NORTH...AND THE FORK RIVERS.



PERSONS LIVING IN OR NEAR LOW WATER AREAS SHOULD PREPARE TO 

EVACUATE.



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.



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