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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

749 AM CDT WED OCT 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL NOON CDT



* AT 743 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND

  THUNDERSTORMS FROM STOCKTON LAKE TO JOPLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 

  30 MPH. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL 

  AT THE RATE OF ONE INCH PER HOUR. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL 

  OCCUR OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN

  OVERNIGHT...CONTINUING THE FLOODING THREAT.



* 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...JOPLIN...WEBB CITY...SILVER CREEK...SHOAL CREEK

  DRIVE...SENECA...SARCOXIE...SAGINAW...PURCELL...ORONOGO...

  LOCKWOOD...LEAWOOD AND JASPER.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON

FOOT.



LAT...LON 3722 9460 3677 9462 3741 9333 3764 9352



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