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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

123 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  SOUTHEASTERN VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI      

  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI      

  CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 415 PM CDT



* AT 120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG          

  EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF NEVADA TO LAMAR...MOVING NORTHEAST 

  AT 20 MPH.    



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE 

  WARNED AREA SINCE LATE THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE  

  EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BETWEEN 130 PM AND 230 PM. RADAR 

  ESTIMATED STORM TOTAL RAINFALL INDICATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF     

  RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE WARNING AREA WITH SOME ISOLATED 3 TO    

  3.5 INCH TOTALS NEAR AND JUST EAST OF EL DORADO SPRINGS. ANOTHER 1 

  TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. 



SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...EL 

DORADO SPRINGS AND SHELDON.



WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN EL DORADO 

SPRINGS.



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 3781 9421 3764 9439 3745 9400 3763 9393

          3801 9379 3804 9401



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