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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

145 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT



* AT 145 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING OUT OF NORTHEAST 

OKLAHOMA INTO FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 

THE STORMS HAD ALREADY PRODUCED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN WESTERN 

PORTIONS OF NEWTON COUNTY.



* WHILE THE STORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY EAST...THE REPEAT NATURE OF 

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LEAD TO SEVERAL PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN.  

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. IN ADDITION TO URBAN FLOODING IN NEOSHO...SOME LOCATIONS THAT 

WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING WILL LIKELY INCLUDE...SAGINAW... 

PINEVILLE...NOEL...LEAWOOD... LANAGAN...GRANBY ...GOODMAN AND 

...FAIRVIEW.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...COUNTY HIGHWAYS...AS WELL AS 

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 



FLASH FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY DEADLY AT NIGHT.  IF FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED...TURN AROUND AND SEEK A DIFFERENT ROUTE.  YOUR LIFE MAY 

DEPEND UPON IT.



LAT...LON 3704 9408 3651 9411 3652 9460 3704 9459



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