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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

131 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 430 PM CST



* AT 126 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM

  6 MILES WEST OF MILLER TO VERONA TO WASHBURN...MOVING NORTHEAST 

  AT 60 MPH.  INTENSE RAINFALL RATES FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR 

  WILL COMBINE WITH YESTERDAYS HEAVY RAINFALL..TO PRODUCE FLASH 

  FLOODING THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON.



* 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...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...AURORA...CASSVILLE...

  CRANE...EXETER...GALENA...INDIAN POINT...KIMBERLING CITY...

  MARIONVILLE...MILLER AND PIERCE CITY.



MCDOWEL BRIDGE IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF BARRY COUNTY WAS REPORTED 

FLOODED.



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 3729 9408 3687 9406 3649 9409 3651 9330

          3697 9337 3698 9361 3728 9361



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