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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1230 AM CDT SUN SEP 9 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

  TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT



* AT 1228 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 

  HOUSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR IN SPRINGFIELD

  ESTIMATED THAT THREE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM WEST CENTRAL

  TEXAS COUNTY TO EASTERN PHELPS COUNTY SINCE SATURDAY EVENING.



* RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH ANOTHER INCH

  POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF AFTER 2 AM.  SOME LOCATIONS

  THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...HOUSTON...LICKING...

  RAYMONDVILLE AND SALEM. THIS EXTENDS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS 

  IN TIME FOR DENT...PHELPS AND TEXAS COUNTIES.



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.



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 3728 9220 3714 9204 3763 9119 3804 9196



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