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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

207 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  NORTHERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT



* AT 205 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  SHOWERS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL JUST NORTH OF                     

  MONETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED       

  THAT ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THESE AREAS ARE 

  ALREADY SATURATED FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING          

  INCLUDE...MONETT...VERONA...AND AURORA.



* LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT WATER WAS ACCUMULATING ON  

  ROADWAYS IN MONETT. 



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 3708 9402 3677 9405 3682 9364 3714 9362



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