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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

600 PM CST THU FEB 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  EASTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  NORTHERN CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 900 PM CST



* AT 550 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  AN AREA OF REDEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL     

  FROM SHELDON TO ELDORADO SPRINGS TO OSCEOLA. RADAR ESTIMATES       

  INDICATE THAT TWO TO THREE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

  THIS AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH  

  7 PM. 



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING

  INCLUDE...OSCEOLA...ELDORADO SPRINGS...MONTEVALLO AND SHELDON.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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. 



LAT...LON 3768 9433 3768 9404 3780 9366 3793 9360

          3801 9353 3822 9353



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