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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

819 AM CST FRI MAR 26 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1215 PM CST



* AT 814 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM COLUMBIA

  THROUGH FULTON TO MONTGOMERY CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING

  EAST AROUND 25 MPH AND REPEATEDLY CROSSING THE SAME AREA. RAINFALL

  ESTIMATES IN THIS AREA ARE 2 TO 4 INCHES SINCE 530 AM. 



* FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING

  THE CITIES OF KINGDOM CITY...FULTON...WILLIAMSBURG...MONTGOMERY

  CITY...AMERICUS AND HIGH HILL.



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

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



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.



LAT...LON 3918 9124 3874 9139 3864 9224 3912 9213

          3905 9162



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