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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1247 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 345 PM CST



* AT 1246 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR LANAGAN...OR 12 

  MILES NORTHWEST OF BELLA VISTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE 

  STORMS ARE ALSO MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS THAT RECEIVED 

  TREMENDOUS RAINFALL LAST NIGHT.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR 

  TWO...WHICH WILL FALL IN ABOUT AN HOURS TIME...WILL LEAD TO 

  FURTHER FLASH FLOODING ACROSS MCDONALD AND NEWTON COUNTIES.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH

  FLOODING INCLUDE...NEOSHO...ANDERSON...FAIRVIEW...GOODMAN...

  GRANBY...LANAGAN...NOEL AND PINEVILLE.



NUMEROUS CREEKS IN MCDONALD COUNTY WERE REPORTED AT OR OVER BANKFULL 

AND RISING.



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

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

ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON

FOOT.



LAT...LON 3651 9462 3651 9444 3651 9410 3706 9404

          3703 9459



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