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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1057 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 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



* UNTIL 400 PM CDT



* AT 1057 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN AND AROUND CENTRAL AND

SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.  

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES INDICATE 

OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN NEAR CARLYLE AND 

ALONG THE KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN SOUTH OF CARLYLE. 



THE CLINTON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE INDICATED FLOODING WAS BEGINNING

TO TAKE PLACE OVER SEVERAL POINTS OF STATE HIGHWAY 50. 



ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 1100 AM

AND 100 PM THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL TOTALS MAY REACH THREE TO FIVE 

INCHES BY MID AFTERNOON.



OF A MORE SERIOUS NATURE...MORE HEAVY RAIN WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT

AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY.  THIS MAY DEVELOP INTO A VERY SERIOUS 

SITUATION BEFORE IT IS OVER. KEEP ABREAST OF LOCAL WEATHER 

DEVELOPMENTS IN YOUR AREA AND FOR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS AND DEFINING 

STATEMENTS AS THEY OCCUR.



EVERYONE SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS A HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND MANY

WILL BE CAMPING AND OTHER RECREATION THAT MAY HAVE THEM IN FLOOD 

PRONE AREAS AWAY FROM HOME. MAKE EVERY ATTEMPT TO KEEP PEOPLE 

ADVISED AND SAFE FOR THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND.



LAT...LON 3874 8913 3821 8916 3822 8970 3873 8971



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