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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

920 AM CDT SAT JUL 28 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1215 PM CDT



* AT 916 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED OFF TO THE EAST OF 

SPRINGFIELD...HOWEVER RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP FLOOD WATERS HIGH 

AND THERE REMAINS A CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL STORMS LATER THIS MORNING 

AND AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON.



* THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECORDED 1.2 INCHES OF RAIN MAINLY 

BETWEEN 8 AND 9 AM...WHILE ANOTHER OBSERVER TO THE NORTHEAST OF 

WILLARD REPORTED 4.1 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS...MUCH OF 

WHICH THIS MORNING.  THE GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER OVER 

SEVERAL CITY STREETS IN SPRINGFIELD.  



IN ADDITION TO FLOODING IN THE CITY...LOW WATER CROSSINGS ESPECIALLY 

ALONG HIGHWAY CC BETWEEN FAIR GROVE AND H AND NEAR FELLOWS LAKE WILL 

LIKELY BE DANGEROUS THROUGH NOON.  CROSSING A FLOODED LOW WATER 

CROSSING MAY RESULT IN DEATH.  MOTORISTS SHOULD INSTEAD TURN 

IMMEDIATELY AROUND AND SEEK A DIFFERENT ROUTE.  





LAT...LON 3712 9348 3713 9308 3742 9307 3741 9349



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