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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

422 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

  TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 800 PM CST



* AT 400 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFOREMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NUMEROUS 

  ROADS...SMALL CREEKS...AND STREAMS REMAIN FLOODED ACROSS SOUTHWEST 

  MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. WHILE RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS 

  MUCH OF THE AREA...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLASH 

  FLOODING THROUGH THIS EVENING. 



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...

  PITTSBURG...COLUMBUS...JOPLIN...NEOSHO...MOUNT VERNON... 

  CASSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...AND BRANSON.



FLASH FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED 

AREA. REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO 

NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY. EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE 

AREA...FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3701 9509 3700 9463 3651 9461 3652 9408

          3651 9296 3734 9313 3729 9406 3767 9425

          3770 9508



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