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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

546 PM CDT FRI APR 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 541 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED  

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODED ROADWAYS ACROSS 

  THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES

  OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CAMDEN COUNTY.



* 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 FLOODING

  INCLUDE...CAMDENTON.



WATER OVER HIGHWAY ON BB HIGHWAY ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 

CAMDENTON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE 

POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.



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 3814 9266 3801 9240 3778 9240 3791 9282

          3817 9281



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