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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
501 PM CDT MON MAY 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHERN GASCONADE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.
* AT 501 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH 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...
WARRENTON, WRIGHT CITY, HERMANN, MARTHASVILLE, TRUESDALE,
INNSBROOK, TRELOAR, SWISS, DUTZOW, MOUNT STERLING, FORISTELL,
BERGER, HOLSTEIN AND BAY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 188 AND 200.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3858 9164 3871 9142 3885 9142 3884 9127
3887 9127 3888 9111 3887 9096 3854 9096
3856 9101 3861 9107 3859 9113 3862 9123
3865 9123 3844 9164
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
WALSH
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