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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

851 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DENT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT



* AT 840 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM EAST OF ROLLA 

TO SALEM TO SOUTH OF HOUSTON.  THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED AN 

ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 730 PM.



THE HOWELL COUNTY SHERIFF ALSO REPORTED THAT WATER WAS PONDING ON 

ROADS TO THE WEST OF WEST PLAINS.



THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL 

ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS.  THIS ADDITIONAL 

RUNOFF WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES ON CREEKS AND FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE 

AREAS.



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS OF FLOODED LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS AFTER DARK.  REPORT ALL FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW 

ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 3757 9224 3658 9206 3654 9172 3741 9170

          3745 9113 3809 9155



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