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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

807 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 805 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY

  HEAVY RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SHANNON COUNTY. DOPPLER

  RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE

  NORTHWEST EDGE OF THE COUNTY...NEAR AKERS. ALSO...THE PUBLIC

  REPORTED THAT FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR.



* THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ANOTHER ONE TO THREE

  INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

  RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT 

  WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE AREAS ALONG THE CURRENT

  RIVER...WINONA...EMINENCE AND BIRCH TREE. THOSE CAMPING ALONG THE

  CURRENT OR JACKS FORK RIVERS ARE ADVISED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND

  IMMEDIATELY.





BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 



LAT...LON 3741 9121 3692 9125 3692 9164 3740 9165



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