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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

721 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 130 PM CDT



* AT 719 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED 

  WITH THESE STORMS OVER NORTHERN VERNON AND SAINT CLAIR COUNTY.



* 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...NEVADA...WALKER...SHELDON...SCHELL CITY...OSCEOLA...LOWRY

  CITY AND APPLETON CITY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH TO INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA.



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 3805 9461 3767 9460 3764 9409 3790 9409

          3788 9379 3784 9358 3792 9358 3823 9352

          3823 9403 3804 9407



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