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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1012 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 115 AM CDT



* AT 1006 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM NEAR 

VERSAILLES...AND BARNETT...TO EDWARDS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES 

SINCE 830 PM OVER THE WARNED AREA. 



* 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...VERSAILLES.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN MORGAN COUNTY REPORTED FLOODING OF 

HIGHWAY J NEAR GRAVOIS MILLS IN SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY. 



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 3808 9338 3806 9313 3825 9275 3841 9269

          3854 9278



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