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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

224 AM CDT WED OCT 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  SOUTHEASTERN DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  SOUTHEASTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 830 AM CDT



* AT 230 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL STRETCHING FROM SOUTH OF BOLIVAR... 

  SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR NEOSHO. THE BAND WAS MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD AT

  AROUND 5 MPH...WHILE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 

  MPH. UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN WITH THESE 

  STORMS...AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN 230

  AM AND 400 AM.



* SLOW MOVING 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...NEOSHO...DIAMOND...LA RUSSELL... 

  SARCOXIE...PENNSBORO...EVERTON...WALNUT GROVE...AND MORRISVILLE.



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 3694 9462 3676 9461 3677 9410 3708 9406

          3727 9361 3744 9319 3773 9319 3763 9357



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