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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

923 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT



* AT 911 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN 

  HAVE QUICKLY FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA...WITH TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS 

  LIKELY TO PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF TORRENTIAL 

  RAINFALL THROUGH 11 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...VIENNA...ST. JAMES...NEWBURG AND DOOLITTLE.



FLOODING WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS URBAN STREET FLOODING IN AND AROUND 

ROLLA WITH THE HEAVY RAINFALL ALREADY ONGOING. HOWEVER...THIS 

SITUATION WILL QUICKLY DETERIORATE AS ADDITIONAL EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 

MOVES OVER THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. THOSE ALONG RIVERS... 

CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN.



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 3830 9166 3816 9165 3816 9155 3782 9153

          3783 9204 3801 9204 3803 9218 3828 9219



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