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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

559 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 559 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   A LINE 

OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM MEMPHIS

TO MACON MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING TO

THE EAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL REACH MARION COUNTY BETWEEN 630 PM AND

700 PM. 



A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX DUMPED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN

AN HOUR EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAIN WILL

FALL THIS EVENING. SOIL IS ALREADY SATURATED SO THE RUNOFF INTO 

VARIOUS RIVERS STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES WILL CREATE RAPID RISES AND

FLASH FLOODING. 



THE SOUTH FABIUS RIVER...NORTH RIVER...SOUTH RIVER...SOUTH FORK OF

THE NORTH RIVER..AND OTHER STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES WILL EXPERIENCE

SHARP RISES TO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. 



FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL FLOOD QUICKLY AND AREAS THAT DO NOT USUALLY

FLOOD WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED THIS EVENING. 



THE PEAK RUNOFF PERIOD WILL BE AFTER DARK. THIS WILL BE THE MOST

DANGEROUS TIME SO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL NOT TO DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH

FLOWING WATER.



REMEMBER...ELECTRICAL SHOCK CAN ALSO OCCUR IF YOU ARE IN FLOODED

AREAS WHERE ELECTICITY HAS NOT BEEN TURNED OFF. LET YOUR FIRE OR

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TAKE CARE OF THOSE MATTERS FOR YOU.



SMALLER COMMUNITIES LIKE PHILADELPHIA WILL LIKELY BE MOST AFFECTED

AS RUNOFF WILL BE MORE PROFICIENT. 



BE CAREFUL TONIGHT. DO NOT TAKE ANY CHANCES



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

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



LAT...LON 3994 9149 3971 9134 3969 9182 3994 9184



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