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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

349 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  NORTHWESTERN ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  NORTHERN STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 845 PM CDT



* AT 349 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN EAST TO 

WEST LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DESOTO EAST TO 

15 MILES NORTHWEST OF STE. GENEVIEVE. INDIVIDUAL STORMS HAVE BEEN 

MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST...BUT NEW STORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING ON 

THE WEST SIDE OF THE STORM COMPLEX.  



INTENSE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ALONG 

AND NEAR THE COUNTY LINE BETWEEN JEFFERSON...STE. GENEVIEVE...AND 

ST. FRANCOIS COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF VALLES 

MINES...BLACKWELL..AND FRENCH VILLAGE.  SMALL TRIBUTARIES OF THE

BIG RIVER IN THAT AREA ALONG WITH JOACHIM CREEK...SUMMER LAKE...

AND OTHER LOW WATER BRIDGES AND LOW AREAS. 



DUE TO THE ROUGH TERRAIN OF THE AREA FLASH FLOODING WILL BE IMMINENT

FOR THAT AREA. 



HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO WITH 

MAJOR WATER RUNOFF CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. 



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

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



LAT...LON 3812 9071 3821 9081 3820 9033 3797 9002

          3788 8995 3783 9048 3795 9065



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