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
939 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
  NORTHWESTERN ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 937 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
  FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL LOCATIONS ALONG
  HIGHWAY C...EAST OF OLD MONROE HAD UP TO A FOOT OF WATER OVER
  THE ROADWAY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SO FAR. ANOTHER
  ROUND OF STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...
  WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...OLD
  MONROE...WINFIELD AND BRUSSELS.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3902 9057 3899 9057 3895 9052 3896 9050
      3896 9042 3887 9057 3889 9063 3888 9096
      3894 9096 3904 9059

$$

BYRD
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