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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

459 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 457 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR SPRINGFIELD...MOVING   

  EAST AT 25 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS ALREADY AFFECTED AN AREA NEAR BROOKLINE.  THIS RAIN WILL MOVE

  INTO THE SPRINGFIELD AREA...WHICH ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL

  AROUND 4 PM.



* 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...SPRINGFIELD...BATTLEFIELD AND WILLARD.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



LAT...LON 3731 9346 3711 9338 3710 9317 3731 9321



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