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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

931 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 

  11 MILES NORTHEAST OF EMINENCE TO MAMMOTH SPRING...MOVING EAST 

  AT 30 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER 

  NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SHANNON COUNTY...AND CENTRAL OREGON COUNTY. 



* 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 THE ROUND SPRING...ALTON...EMINENCE...THAYER AND 

  WINONA AREAS. 



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3739 9166 3650 9166 3644 9091 3745 9077



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