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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

709 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 100 PM CDT



* AT 703 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM OVER POLK...SAINT CLAIR...AND CEDAR 

  COUNTIES AND TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS

  WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING IN FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WILL 

  LIKELY PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN BY 10 AM... 

  THEREFORE THE ORIGINAL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR SAINT CLAIR AND 

  NORTHWEST POLK COUNTY HAVE BEEN REDEFINED. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

  THAT OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE

  WARNED ARE OVERNIGHT. 



* 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 WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH

  FLOODING INCLUDE...BOLIVAR...STOCKTON...EL DORADO SPRINGS...FAIR

  PLAY...MORRISVILLE AND PLEASANT HOPE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS 

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL 

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3820 9403 3763 9406 3763 9362 3740 9361

          3740 9315 3780 9320 3782 9357 3819 9357



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