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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

128 AM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 730 AM CDT



* AT 128 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM NEAR 

HARRISBURG IN NORTHWEST BOONE COUNTY TO NEAR LINN IN OSAGE COUNTY.  

THESE STORMS WERE REPEATEDLY MOVING OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS AS THEY 

MOVED TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2.5 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN SINCE 1100 PM IN THE REGION FROM 

HARRISBURG TO COLUMBIA TO NEW BLOOMFIELD.  ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 400 AM.



* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING THE 

LARGER COMMUNITIES OF COLUMBIA AND JEFFERSON CITY.



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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