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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

818 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  HOWELL COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  NORTHEASTERN TANEY COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  OZARK COUNTY IN MISSOURI



* UNTIL 215 AM CDT



* AT 805 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN 

THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND LOW 

LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS TO OCCUR.



* LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT SOME LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS IN HOWELL COUNTY HAD BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO THREE INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN 

OZARK AND NORTHERN HOWELL COUNTIES...AND FROM NORTHEAST TANEY COUNTY 

INTO CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF

LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO

NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT

ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES

AWAY.



LAT...LON 3706 9169 3651 9170 3653 9277 3666 9278

          3665 9293 3706 9291



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