Flash Flood Warning
Issued by NWS St. Louis, MO

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1022 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
  MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
  NORTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT TUESDAY

* AT 1020 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE
  AREA OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS....AND ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO
  HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 11 PM.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ALTON...BETHALTO...CARLINVILLE...GILLESPIE...GODFREY...
  JERSEYVILLE...STAUNTON...VIRDEN...WOOD RIVER...BENLD...BRIGHTON...
  BUNKER HILL...DORSEY...ELSAH...GIRARD...GRAFTON...HARTFORD...
  KEMPER...MOUNT OLIVE...PALMYRA...PRAIRIETOWN...ROXANA...SHIPMAN...
  WILSONVILLE AND WORDEN.

A STORM SPOTTER 1 MILE SOUTH OF MEDORA REPORTED 2.4 INCHES SO FAR
THIS EVENING.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES...
INTERSTATE 55 IN ILLINOIS FROM EXIT 41 TO EXIT 44.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3952 8970 3900 8971 3881 9011 3885 9011
      3891 9022 3897 9042 3897 9048 3895 9052
      3899 9057 3911 9061 3918 9058 3918 9051
      3916 9050 3918 9049 3918 9031 3922 9031
      3923 9020 3925 9020 3926 9015 3952 9015

$$

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