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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

239 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 830 AM CDT



* AT 235 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

  SINCE MIDNIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN SHANNON COUNTY WITH RAIN TOTALS 

  SINCE THURSDAY RANGING FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES. ADDITIONAL 

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 5 AM...AND 

  PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN. 



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS 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...PARTICULARLY OVER NORTHERN SHANNON COUNTY.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3737 9117 3694 9132 3693 9164 3738 9166



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