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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

847 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  SOUTHEASTERN CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT



* AT 845 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF

  RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM BOLIVAR TO GREENFIELD OVER THE PAST THREE

  HOURS. 



* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AN INCH OR

  LESS THROUGH 1130 PM. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL

  ALREADY OVER THE AREA WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO CONTINUE AT 

  BOLIVAR...LOCKWOOD...GREENFIELD AND FAIR PLAY.



THE POMME DE TERRE RIVER NORTH OF BOLIVAR IS LIKELY OUT OF ITS BANKS 

AND CONTINUES TO RISE RAPIDLY. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN BOLIVAR 

AND ALONG HIGHWAY 13 BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS.



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 3778 9323 3750 9328 3749 9362 3733 9395

          3752 9399 3772 9360



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