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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

425 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  NORTHWESTERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  NORTHERN MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  NORTHERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 715 AM CST



* AT 420 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE WARNED        

  AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE NORTH OF A LINE    

  FROM NEOSHO TO NIXA. SINCE THE GROUND IS SATURATED...ALL ADDITIONAL

  RAINFALL WILL CONTRIBUTE TO RUNOFF.  



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH  FLOODING         

 INCLUDE... SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO...ASH GROVE...                      

  BATTLEFIELD...BILLINGS...BROOKLINE...CLEVER...FAIR 

  GROVE...REPUBLIC...CASSVILLE AND WILLARD.



STREETS IN LOW LYING AREAS WERE FLOODING IN SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO AND 

CASSVILLE.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.



LAT...LON 3702 9457 3665 9462 3672 9362 3744 9299

          3741 9360 3721 9373 3703 9417



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