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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1112 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  DENT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT



* AT 1100 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE 

  WARNED AREA.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER TWO INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA...INCLUDING LOCALLY HEAVY 

  RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY. 



* 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...HOUSTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ST. ROBERT...

  SALEM...RICHLAND...RAYMONDVILLE...LICKING...DIXON AND CROCKER.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE 

WARNED AREA AS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALL THE 

WAY BACK INTO OKLAHOMA. VERY WEAK WIND FIELDS ALOFT WILL SUPPORT 

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.



FLOODING WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS URBAN STREET FLOODING WITH THE HEAVY 

RAINFALL ALREADY ONGOING. HOWEVER...THIS SITUATION WILL QUICKLY 

DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT 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 3779 9133 3771 9132 3770 9117 3742 9125

          3743 9164 3724 9163 3725 9227 3760 9227

          3773 9243 3802 9241 3803 9205 3761 9202

          3761 9183 3778 9182



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