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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

427 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT



* AT 419 AM CDT...FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN BENTON COUNTY.  THE 

BENTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY F SOUTH OF COLE CAMP HAD 

FLOODED...AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 65 WAS PONDING OVER BETWEEN WARSAW 

AND LINCOLN.  SINCE 3 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

DETECTED GREATER THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN TO THE EAST OF 

WARSAW AND WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS AROUND AN INCH ELSEWHERE IN BENTON 

COUNTY.



* THE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES 

OF RAIN THROUGH DAY BREAK.  RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL 

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND FLOODING OF 

FLOOD PRONE AREAS WILL OCCUR NEAR COLE CAMP...LINCOLN...STOVER... 

VERSAILLES AND WARSAW.



FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AT NIGHT IS ESPECIALLY DEADLY.  

REPORT ALL FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY 

TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3852 9352 3808 9351 3809 9311 3820 9303

          3823 9271 3842 9266 3868 9286



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