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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

810 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  IRON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

  REYNOLDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT



* AT 810 PM CDT...A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM HAS REMAINED

MORE OR LESS STATIONARY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI FROM ROUND SPRING

STATE PARK EAST TO JUST SOUTH OF FREDERICKTOWN.  NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE DOPPLER PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES INDICATE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE AREA AND WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT TAKING

PLACE RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED 4 TO 6 INCHES IN SOME AREAS 

BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS.



IN MADISON COUNTY UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR THE 

ST. FRANCOIS RIVER IN SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.



IN IRON COUNTY...2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE SOUTHERN 

HALF OF THE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND ANNAPOLIS. 



IN REYNOLDS COUNTY THE EAST CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY SOUTH OF

LESTERVILLE HAS RECEIVED THE MOST RAIN. 



HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS EVEING IN A LARGE PORTION OF THIS 

AREA. RICHLAND CREEK....SULPHER CREEK...THE BLACK RIVER...SUTTON 

BRANCH...THE ST. FRANCOIS RIVER...AND OTHER CREEKS...TRIBUTARIES...

AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING

TONGIHT. 



CAMPERS SHOULD BE PARTICULARLY AWARE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS. IF YOU 

ARE IN A LOW AREA YOU WILL BE VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING DURING 

THE NIGHT.  DO NOT GO TO BED IF YOU ARE UNSURE. ASK LOCAL 

AUTHORITIES FOR ASSISTANCE. THEY WILL BE MORE KNOWLEDGABLE ABOUT THE 

AREA. IF THERE IS NO ONE TO CONTACT...SEEK HIGHER GROUND TO BE SAFE



LAT...LON 3762 9017 3733 9016 3715 9109 3743 9121

          3774 9119



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