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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

151 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 148 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO TWO INCHES HAD FALLEN SINCE NOON

  OVER MUCH OF WRIGHT AND TEXAS COUNTIES WITH LOCAL AMOUNT NEAR 3 

  INCHES.



* ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL 

  MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

  AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 

  HOUSTON...RAYMONDVILLE...NORWOOD...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD... 

  HARTVILLE AND CABOOL.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AS WELL 

AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF

LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO

NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT

ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES

AWAY.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3749 9181 3707 9175 3709 9267 3747 9267



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