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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

520 AM CDT SUN AUG 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 815 AM CDT



* AT 515 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR NEOSHO...MOVING EAST   

  AT 5 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN    

  HAS FALLEN...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES EXPECTED OVER    

  THE NEXT HOUR.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH                   

  FLOODING INCLUDE...NEOSHO...SENECA...STELLA AND GRANBY.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT WATER IS STARTING TO 

ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS IN NEOSHO.



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 3688 9460 3673 9461 3673 9412 3696 9414



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