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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1033 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 230 AM CDT



* AT 1025 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR     

  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF 

  BENTON COUNTY...WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN PUSHING 

  INTO THE AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES 

  OF RAINFALL ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF BENTON COUNTY.



* 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...COLE CAMP...LINCOLN...WARSAW AND RURAL AREAS 

  THROUGHOUT BENTON COUNTY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3809 9350 3807 9309 3851 9309 3850 9348



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