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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

422 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 715 PM CDT



* AT 422 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM WEST PLAINS SOUTHEAST  

  TO NEAR LANTON. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS FALLEN WITHIN THE LAST HOUR.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING          

  INCLUDE...WEST PLAINS...LANTON...KOSHKONONG...SOUTH FORK...AND     

  AREAS NEAR HOWELL CREEK AND MYATT CREEK.



STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN WEST PLAINS.



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.



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 3690 9205 3653 9209 3651 9147 3690 9142



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