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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
513 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT.
* AT 513 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 2 HOURS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
FESTUS, DE SOTO, PEVELY, CRYSTAL CITY, HERCULANEUM, HILLSBORO,
HORINE, VICTORIA, HEMATITE, MAPAVILLE, MORSE MILL, FLETCHER,
OERMANN AND GRUBVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...
SANDY CREEK COVERED BRIDGE HISTORIC SITE AND GOV. DUNKLIN'S GRAVE
HISTORIC SITE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 174 AND 180.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3809 9068 3820 9078 3831 9076 3832 9037
3828 9037 3824 9036 3820 9034 3810 9056
3809 9065
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 2 HOURS
GOSSELIN
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