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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

555 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAVE CAUSED   

  FLOODING FROM THE EXETER AND CASSVILLE AREAS SOUTH TO NEAR         

  WASHBURN AND SELIGMAN. RADAR INDICATES THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN  

  HAS FALLEN FROM JUST WEST CASSVILLE TO JUST EAST OF SELIGMAN SINCE 

  2 PM.



* FLOODING HAS FORCED LIMITED EVACUATIONS IN CASSVILLE. STREET       

  FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED. HIGHWAYS 86 AND 37 WEST OF        

  CASSVILLE ARE FLOODED IN SPOTS. NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSING ARE    

  ALSO FLOODED. THE HEADWATERS OF FLAT CREEK WILL CONTINUE TO        

  RUNOFF...BUT SHOULD GRADUALLY RECEDE THIS EVENING. 



LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER WESTERN BARRY COUNTY THROUGH 700 

PM...HOWEVER...LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING.





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 3689 9404 3657 9403 3656 9370 3690 9372



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