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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

851 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  EASTERN TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT



* AT 845 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AVA...

  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND

  3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED WITH THESE STORMS.



* 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...PROTEM...BROWNBRANCH...GOODHOPE...ROME...AND

  THEODOSIA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES 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 3693 9268 3694 9291 3651 9289 3650 9236



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