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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

917 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT



* AT 904 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...EXTENDING ALONG A LINE

  FROM GALENA...TO RACINE...AND TO SENECA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAIN WAS FALLING

  AT THE RATE OF 2 INCHES AN HOUR...OVER NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY.     

  ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALS OVER NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY...RANGED     

  FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES. THIS IS RAINFALL THAT HAS FALLEN OVER

  SHOAL CREEK.



* 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...DIAMOND...FAIRVIEW...GRANBY...

  LEAWOOD...SAGINAW...SHOAL CREEK DRIVE AND SILVER CREEK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AS WELL 

AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3706 9461 3677 9461 3676 9410 3704 9408



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