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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1119 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 1114 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A CLUSTER OF STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL   

  RAINFALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN JAPSER COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR  

  ESTIMATED THAT OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE LAST   

  HOUR WITH THESE STORMS. THE JOPLIN AIRPORT HAD ALREADY RECEIVED AN

  INCH OF RAINFALL IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.



* 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...JOPLIN...WEBB CITY...AVILLA...SARCOXIE AND CARTHAGE.



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

WARNED AREA AS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP 

SOUTHWEST INTO OKLAHOMA AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. 

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 3736 9408 3707 9407 3706 9461 3735 9463



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