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City of St. Louis Emergency Management
Saturday December 26th, 2015 :: 02:57 p.m. CST

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THE NWS has issued FLASH FLOOD WARNING for the City of St. Louis until 10:30 p.m.

THE NWS has issued FLASH FLOOD WARNING for the City of St. Louis until 10:30 p.m.

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
241 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN JERSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
ST. LOUIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
ST. LOUIS CITY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
OSAGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN COLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
GASCONADE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CST SATURDAY

* AT 228 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR...RAIN GAUGES...AND SPOTTER REPORTS
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. CREEKS
ARE RISING RAPIDLY...PARTICULARLY IN THE SAINT LOUIS METROPOLITAN
AREA. SOME ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING INTO THE
REGION...AND FLASH FLOODING WILL BECOME MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD OVER
THE NEXT FEW HOURS. LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING WILL DEVELOP
VERY QUICKLY THIS EVENING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ST. LOUIS...O`FALLON...ST. CHARLES...ST. PETERS...FLORISSANT...
CHESTERFIELD...BELLEVILLE...JEFFERSON CITY...WILDWOOD...UNIVERSITY
CITY...BALLWIN...GRANITE CITY...WENTZVILLE...ALTON...KIRKWOOD...
MARYLAND HEIGHTS...EAST ST. LOUIS...HAZELWOOD...COLLINSVILLE AND
EDWARDSVILLE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
IN THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LIFE-THREATENING
FLASH FLOODING WILL DEVELOP VERY QUICKLY THIS EVENING.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 70 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 21 AND 24.
INTERSTATE 55 IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN EXITS 23 AND 63.
INTERSTATE 64 IN ILLINOIS NEAR EXIT 9.
INTERSTATE 44 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 203 AND 277.
INTERSTATE 55 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 190 AND 191.
INTERSTATE 70 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN EXITS 183 AND 231.

THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES ...
BABLER MEMORIAL STATE PARK...SCOTT JOPLIN HISTORIC SITE...ROUTE 66
STATE PARK...ONONDAGA CAVE STATE PARK...DEUTSCHHEIM HISTORIC SITE...
CASTLEWOOD STATE PARK...CONFLUENCE STATE PARK...CLARKS HILL/NORTON
HISTORIC SITE...FIRST MISSOURI STATE CAPITOL HISTORIC SITE...
ROBERTSVILLE STATE PARK...MERAMEC STATE PARK...RAMSEY LAKE STATE
PARK...LAKE LOU YAEGER...AND HORSESHOE LAKE STATE PARK.

Instructions:

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

Address/Location
City of St. Louis Emergency Management
1915 Olive St
St. Louis, MO 63103

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1

Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Likely (p > ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Flash Flood Warning

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