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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

342 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 745 AM CDT



* AT 338 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR WILLARD...OR 12 MILES

  NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR   

  ESTIMATED BETWEEN TWO AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS

  ALREADY FALLEN NEAR WILLARD...WITH AND ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO

  INCHES POSSIBLE.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH

  FLOODING INCLUDE...SPRINGFIELD...ASH GROVE...BATTLEFIELD...

  BROOKLINE...FAIR GROVE...REPUBLIC...STRAFFORD...WALNUT GROVE AND

  WILLARD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3741 9361 3711 9359 3711 9307 3740 9309



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