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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

203 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LEWIS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 200 PM CDT...STEADY RAINS HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE MORNING 

ACROSS THE AREA.  DOPPLER PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES INDICATE 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 700 AM THIS MORNING.  IN ADDITION

TO THAT OVERNIGHT RAINS REACHED AN INCH OR TWO IN SOME AREAS.



THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON HAS NOW CAUSED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS

TO DEVELOP UPSTREAM FROM THE WARNED AREA.  THIS WILL MAKE ADDITIONAL

RAINFALL MORE VARIABLE...HOWEVER SOME AREAS SOULD RECEIVE ANOTHER 

TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  THIS

WILL BRING RAINFALL TOTALS IN THAT AREA TO LOCALLY 6 TO 8 INCHES AND 

POSSIBLY HIGHER.  



ANTECEDENT WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN DRY...HOWEVER THE COPIOUS

RAINFALL TOTALS FROM THIS STORM WILL CREATE MAJOR RUNOFF AND 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

 

ALL RIVERS...STREAMS...AND TRIBUTARIES...INCLUDING THE SALT RIVER AND

ITS TRIBUTARIES...LONG BRANCH...OTTER CREEK...NORTH RIVER...AND THE 

NORTH...MIDDLE...AND SOUTH FABIUS RIVERS...WILL SEE MAJOR RISES.



CAMPERS AND OTHER OUTDOOR HOLIDAY INTERESTS SHOULD TAKE SPECIAL

PRECAUTIONS FOR SAFETY.  LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD KEEP 

PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS ADVISED.

 

A LOT OF THIS RUNOFF WILL COME ABOUT AFTER IT IS DARK 

TONIGHT...THATS WHEN MOST FATALITIES OCCUR.  BE CAREFUL



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

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



LAT...LON 4025 9151 3971 9139 3966 9177 3938 9176

          3937 9231 3986 9231 3998 9198 4030 9194



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