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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

413 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 411 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 

  FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 

  INCHES POSSIBLE BY 700 AM.



* 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...WEST PLAINS...BRANSON...WILLOW SPRINGS...THAYER...

  TANEYVILLE...ROCKAWAY BEACH...REEDS SPRING...MOUNTAIN VIEW...

  MERRIAM WOODS...KIMBERLING CITY...INDIAN POINT AND HOLLISTER.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3686 9114 3651 9115 3651 9362 3700 9362

          3700 9336 3682 9335 3682 9290 3679 9209

          3705 9209 3705 9169 3688 9166



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