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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

353 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 347 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL COVERING MUCH OF THE

  COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY

  FALLEN IN A BAND FROM NEAR APPLETON CITY TO NEAR ROSCOE. AN

  ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 5 AM.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE       

  FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3819 9407 3791 9406 3791 9355 3820 9353



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