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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

430 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 418 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM OSCEOLA         

  SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. RADAR ESTIMATED                

  RAINFALL INDICATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH 

  OF SOUTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTIES SINCE NOON TODAY. 



* THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST FROM KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA WILL HAVE  

  THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN INTO THE    

  EARLY EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL WORSEN THE ONGOING FLOODING         

  PROBLEMS OVER THE AREA. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED NEAR COLLINS ON 

  STATE HIGHWAYS 54 AND 13. 



FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ALSO REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM FOR BENTON 

AND HICKORY COUNTIES.



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.



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