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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

631 AM CDT SAT MAY 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT



...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM

THIS MORNING...



* AT 631 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN EAST TO

WEST BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 

JUST NORTH OF COLUMBIA EAST THROUGH MEXICO TO NEAR PITTSFIELD. 



COPIOUS RAINS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. LOOK FOR 2 

TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING THROUGH PORTIONS OF THESE TWO 

COUNTIES INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF LOUISIANA AND BOWLING GREEN

IN MISSOURI AND AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF PITTFSFIELD IN 

ILLINOIS.



SOME STORMS COULD ALSO BE SEVERE AND PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL 

AS THEY MOVE EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA.

 

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

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



DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. EXPECT VERY SHARP RISES IN ALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS AS WELL AS DITCHES AND LOW WATER AND RUNOFF 

AREAS.  



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