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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

530 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

  SOUTHEASTERN MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT



* AT 526 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WILL 

  CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS.  

  RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...ROLLA...WAYNESVILLE...VIENNA...ST. ROBERT...ST. JAMES...

  ST. ELIZABETH...NEWBURG...IBERIA...DOOLITTLE...DIXON AND CROCKER.





ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3817 9156 3780 9154 3778 9183 3775 9203

          3773 9239 3829 9243 3829 9180 3829 9167



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