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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1200 PM CDT WED OCT 10 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* 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 400 PM CDT



* AT 1205 PM CDT...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS 

  MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.  THIS RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH

  200 PM...CONTINUING THE FLOODING THREAT.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL

  AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 200 PM.



* ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED IN THE

  WARNED AREA...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THE

  FLOODING THREAT. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE

  FLOODING INCLUDE...GREENFIELD...JOPLIN...WEBB

  CITY...SILVER CREEK...SHOAL CREEK DRIVE... SENECA... SARCOXIE...

  SAGINAW...PURCELL...ORONOGO...  LOCKWOOD...LEAWOOD AND JASPER.



AT 1200 PM...PONDING ON ROADWAYS CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHWEST GREENE 

COUNTY.



AT 1145 AM...FLOODING CONTINUED IN JASPER COUNTY...2 MILES NORTHWEST 

OF REEDS ALONG THE SPRING RIVER.



AT 1130 AM...NEWTON COUNTY CONTINUED TO REPORT FLOODING TO LOW-LYING 

AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



AT 1130 AM...POLK COUNTY STILL REPORTS SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS      

COVERED.



LOW WATER CROSSINGS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WILL CONTINUE TO          

BE THREATENED THROUGH 400 PM.



* 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 3736 9463 3707 9462 3677 9462 3675 9408

          3692 9406 3692 9363 3724 9361 3724 9334

          3742 9336 3756 9340 3757 9362 3759 9408

          3736 9410



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