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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1157 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT



* AT 1157 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF

SALEM MISSOURI EAST ACROSS IRON AND MADISON COUNTIEES TO A POINT 

ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FREDERICKTOWN.



 THUNDERSTORMS ROLLED EAST ACROSS THE AREA ABOUT MID EVENING...

AND ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STORMS HAS REDEVELOPED OVER THE SAME AREA

SINCE ABOUT 1030 PM. LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER TWO INCHES

HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND AS ONE STORM FOLLOWS ANOTHER YOU CAN EXPECT

LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO REACH AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES.



EXPECT VERY SHARP RISES IN THE BIG CREEK...MARBLE CREEK...ST. 

FRANCOIS AND OTHER RIVER AND CREEK BASINS AND TRIBUTARIES...AS WELL 

AS LOW WATER BRIDGES AND OTHER FAVORABLE AREAS.  



* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...AND WILL BE   

AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF ANNAPOLIS...SABULA...GLOVER...BEULAH...

MARQUAND...AND OTHER RURAL COMMUNITIES AND AREAS ACROSS SOUTHERN

IRON AND MADISON COUNTIES.



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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