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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

626 PM CDT FRI APR 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT



* AT 616 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER CENTRAL PHELPS  

  COUNTY NEAR THE ROLLA AREA.



* THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. 

  RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH   FLOODING TO 

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING                

  INCLUDE...ROLLA...ST. JAMES...NEWBURG AND DOOLITTLE.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 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 3804 9159 3784 9160 3763 9200 3802 9199



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