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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

208 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT



* AT 204 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

  AREA.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE AND A HALF TO TWO AND A HALF 

  INCHES HAD FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE

  AND ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN.



* ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE 

  RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR ON SMALL CREEKS AND 

  STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF 

  CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3745 9272 3711 9268 3709 9308 3747 9307



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