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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

730 PM CDT FRI AUG 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT



* AT 725 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT   

  FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS CONTINUED IN     

  SOUTHEAST HOWELL COUNTY...AND HOWELL CREEK WAS REPORTED TO BE AT   

  BANKFULL.  RADAR ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL WERE 

  INDICATED OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN HOWELL AND OREGON COUNTIES.  

  ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAD ENDED...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF CONTINUES. 



* FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG HOWELL CREEK AND SURROUNDING 

  STREAMS IN SOUTHEAST HOWELL COUNTY...AND ON THE WARM FORK RIVER IN 

  SOUTHWEST OREGON COUNTY.  FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO OCCUR ON 

  SOME OF THE TRIBUTARIES INTO THE ELEVEN POINT RIVER OF EASTERN 

  OREGON COUNTY.



  IN ADDITION...RAPID AND SIGNIFICANT RISES WILL BE LIKELY ON THE 

  ELEVEN POINT RIVER.  CAMPERS ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD BE PREPARED TO 

  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3678 9191 3651 9202 3651 9114 3681 9112

          3683 9169



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