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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

430 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 800 PM CST



* AT 418 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM

  6 MILES WEST OF HOUSTON TO WILLOW SPRINGS TO BAKERSFIELD...      

  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.  THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL 

  RATES OF OVER AN INCH IN LESS THAN A HALF HOURS TIME.  FLASH 

  FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE 

  THE COMBINATION OF EARLIER RAIN...THESE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...AND 

  LEFTOVER ICE FROM FRIDAYS ICE STORM WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE 

  RUNOFF.



* 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...HOUSTON...WEST PLAINS... BAKERSFIELD... 

  CABOOL...LICKING...RAYMONDVILLE AND WILLOW SPRINGS.



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 9277 3651 9171 3759 9178 3760 9221

          3706 9228 3704 9284



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