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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

307 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 302 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

  FALLEN SINCE 1 AM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER 

  SOUTHERN WRIGHT AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES...AND PRODUCE RAINFALL 

  AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH. 



* 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...MANSFIELD AND DOGWOOD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 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 3713 9229 3707 9226 3703 9210 3689 9212

          3692 9290 3706 9288 3707 9268 3715 9264



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