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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

755 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 750 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM OSCEOLA TO 

TIFFIN IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DOPPLER   

RADAR ESTIMATED HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF 

INCHES WITH THESE STORMS.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES 

HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA FROM PREVIOUS STORMS. 



* 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...LOWRY CITY AND OSCEOLA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...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 3804 9407 3790 9407 3790 9353 3820 9352

          3824 9396



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