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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

457 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT



* AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

  ON SATURATED GROUND...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED 

  BETWEEN 500 PM AND 600 PM.



* 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...ROLLA...ST. JAMES...NEWBURG AND DOOLITTLE.



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 3804 9153 3778 9158 3779 9181 3762 9182

          3761 9206 3802 9203



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