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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

930 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLINTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 315 AM CDT



* AT 918 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IN 

  THE PAST 4 HOURS ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA.  SEVERAL ROADS

  HAVE BEEN FLOODED...AND HAVE EITHER BEEN CLOSED OR HAD HIGH WATER 

  SIGNS PLACED FOR THEM.  MOST NOTABLE ARE ILLINOIS ROUTES 4 IN 

  EASTERN ST CLAIR COUNTY AND RANDOLPH COUNTY...159 AROUND SMITHTON 

  IN SOUTHERN ST CLAIR COUNTY...AND 161 IN WESTERN CLINTON 

  COUNTY...AND US HIGHWAY 50 IN WESTERN CLINTON COUNTY.



* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE EARLY 

  MORNING HOURS OF THURSDAY.  RAIN...ALONG WITH SOME IMBEDDED 

  THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVIER RAIN...IS EXPECTED TO COME TO AN 

  END AROUND MIDNIGHT AND WILL GIVE THE FLOODING A CHANCE TO SUBSIDE.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...

ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



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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