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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

714 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT



* AT 700 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL AND            

  NORTHEASTERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY INCLUDING THE OSCEOLA AND LOWRY CITY 

  AREAS. STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES   

  THAT WIDESPREAD 1 TO 3 INCHES RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE OCCURRED        

  OVER THE WARNING AREA SINCE 530 PM. 



* AN ADDTIONAL INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS  

  OF ST. CLAIR COUNTY THROUGH 830 PM. THIS WILL LEAD TO RUNOFF AND   

  THE FLOODING OF CREEKS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS...ESPECIALLY IN     

  THE OSCEOLA AREA. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS 

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS 

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL 

ONE...ON FOOT. 



LAT...LON 3792 9399 3791 9358 3820 9357 3819 9407



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