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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

430 PM CDT MON JUL 30 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 730 PM CDT



* AT 423 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM NEAR BRIXEY...SOUTHEAST 

TO BAKERSFIELD IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF OZARK COUNTY.  

DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED ONE TO TWO INCHES FROM NEAR 

ZANONI...SOUTHEAST TO NORTH OF BAKERSFIELD SINCE 330 PM. ISOLATED 

RAINFALL TOTALS NEAR THREE INCHES WERE NORTH OF BAKERSFIELD AND 

SOUTHWEST OF ELIJAH. LOW WATER CROSSINGS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE 

NORTH AND SOUTH BRIDGES CREEKS...OVER COUNTY ROADS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 

160 AND NORTH OF BAKERSFIELD...WILL BE ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS DURING 

THE NEXT THREE HOURS. ALSO AREAS ALONG THE NORTH FORK OF THE WHITE 

RIVER NORTH OF TECUMSEH. 



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE IN THE WARNED 

AREA...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN BRIXEY AND SYCAMORE WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE 

TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL 

CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



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 3680 9245 3650 9246 3650 9214 3680 9212



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