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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

826 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT



* AT 820 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR SPARTA...OR 10 MILES

  SOUTHEAST OF OZARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR

  ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED

  FROM EARLIER STORMS ACROSS EASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY.



* 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...SPARTA....CHADWICK...AND OLDFIELD.





ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH

ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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 3709 9310 3689 9322 3683 9318 3681 9292

          3708 9292



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