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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

812 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  SCOTLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

  LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA



* UNTIL 4 AM CDT



* AT 812 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER IN FARMINGTON REPORTED 2 INCHES 

OF RAIN IN A HALF HOUR.  WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 2 

TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS ACROSS SOUTHERN VAN 

BUREN...SOUTHERN LEE...NORTHERN SCOTLAND...AND NORTHERN CLARK 

COUNTIES.  RAINS WILL END FROM THE WEST...BUT WILL BEGIN AGAIN LATE 

THIS EVENING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE HEAVY RAINFALL IN 

THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. 



* THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL...  

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN HAS RESULTED IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF...LEADING   

THE LIKELIHOOD OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



LAT...LON 4070 9150 4035 9157 4037 9204 4083 9202



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