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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

250 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT



* AT 245 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES ACROSS NORTHERN

  AND CENTRAL POLK COUNTY.



* SLOW MOVING 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...BOLIVAR...PLEASANT HOPE...MORRISVILLE...HUMANSVILLE AND

  FAIR PLAY.





SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH ACROSS THE SAME AREAS

OF POLK COUNTY DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES 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 3782 9363 3743 9363 3742 9319 3770 9318

          3777 9320 3780 9321



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