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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

131 AM CDT THU MAY 31 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 430 AM CDT



REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT NUMEROUS COUNTY 

ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS REMAIN FLOODED ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA.  



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT ONE TO THREE 

INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS THIS AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH 

LOCALIZED AMOUNTS NEAR 4 INCHES.



ALTHOUGH THE SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE ENDING...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM 

THE STORMS THAT OCCURRED WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS 

FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF

LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO

NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT

ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES

AWAY.



THIS WARNING IS AN EXTENSION OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED 

WEDNESDAY EVENING. 



LAT...LON 3845 9305 3834 9317 3823 9325 3816 9322

          3806 9319 3805 9307 3819 9266 3845 9263



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