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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

237 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 530 PM CDT



* AT 234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM 

  SPRINGFIELD TO THE LAWRENCE COUNTY LINE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. 

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

  OVER THE AREA ALREADY THIS AFTERNOON. TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

  PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER SPRINGFIELD 

  AND THE SOUTHWEST SUBURBS.



* 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...BROOKLINE AND

  REPUBLIC.





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 3728 9360 3709 9361 3710 9322 3729 9322



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