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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

516 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT



* AT 516 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER

OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN AND AROUND JEFFERSON 

COUNTY. PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DUMPED 1.50 TO 2.50 INCHES

OF RAIN ACROSS THE AREA. HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS BEEN NEAR VALMEYER

AND ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 



A HEAVY BURST OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE 

AREA THROUGH 630 PM.  OCCASIONAL SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH

THE EVENING.  



IN ADDITION NEW STORMS HAVE BEEN FORMING AROUND THE LAKE OF THE 

OZARKS. SHOULD THESE HOLD TOGETHER THEY WILL KEEP ADDITIONAL RAIN

FALLING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING. 



THE COPIOUS NATURE OF THE DOWNPOURS MAY CREATE LOCAL FLASH FLOODING

...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND LOCAL ROADS AND LOW AREAS.



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

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



LAT...LON 3828 8993 3810 9001 3814 9026 3832 9039

          3848 9023



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