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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

616 PM CDT SAT APR 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  NORTHERN PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  EASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  SOUTHERN MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* AT 611 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ABOUT TO MOVE ACROSS THE 

  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE

  OF PRODUCING UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL.



* 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...ROLLA...VIENNA...ST. JAMES...NEWBURG...IBERIA...  

  DOOLITTLE...DIXON AND CROCKER.



RAINFALL OF THREE TO FIVES INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THIS 

REGION OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS...AND RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD FLOODING. 

RAINFALL WITH THIS STORM...AND ANY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THIS 

TONIGHT...WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



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 3821 9168 3815 9154 3785 9154 3789 9269

          3825 9248



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