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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

823 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  HICKORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT



* AT 830 PM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED UP TO 4 INCHES OF 

RAIN ACROSS BENTON AND HICKORY COUNTIES THIS EVENING CONTINUED TO 

WEAKEN.  ANOTHER HALF INCH OF RAIN AND CONTINUING RUNOFF WILL 

HOWEVER KEEP FLOOD WATERS HIGH.



* THE BENTON COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENTS REPORTED THAT TURKEY CREEK 

HAD FLOODED OVER SOUTH HIGHWAY 7 NEAR EDWARDS ALONG WITH OTHER 

SECONDARY ROADS.  HICKORY COUNTY SHERIFF ALSO REPORTED THAT NUMEROUS 

SECONDARY ROADS WERE ALSO FLOODED. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE 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 LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOODING IS 

ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AFTER DARK.



LAT...LON 3783 9356 3781 9322 3792 9309 3852 9311

          3851 9348



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