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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

319 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 715 PM CDT



* AT 317 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR LOCKWOOD...OR 18 MILES

  NORTH OF MOUNT VERNON...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR   

  ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN BETWEEN LOCKWOOD AND 

  PENNSBORO OVER LIMESTONE CREEK.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

  FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR ALONG LIMESTONE CREEK. SOME LOCATIONS THAT 

  WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...SOUTH GREENFIELD.



FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON LIMESTONE CREEK.  



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3729 9408 3728 9370 3745 9371 3745 9408



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