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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1043 PM CDT SUN MAY 20 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 245 AM CDT



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

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR SPRINGFIELD...MOVING

  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO 

  INCHES ACROSS SPRINGFIELD.



* 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...SPRINGFIELD...FAIR GROVE AND STRAFFORD.



FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN SPRINGFIELD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE CAUSING

ADDITIONAL FLOODING.



LAT...LON 3712 9357 3712 9312 3740 9308 3742 9348



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