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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1032 AM CDT THU JUL 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HOWELL COUNTY IN MISSOURI



* UNTIL 130 PM CDT



* AT 1025 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED   THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM POMONA AND 

  WEST PLAINS SOUTH TO LANTON. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL      

  RATES OF 1 TO 1.25 INCHES PER HOUR IN THESE AREAS. TOTAL RAINFALL  

  SINCE 7 AM IN THE WARNING AREA EXCEEDS 3 INCHES IN SOUTHERN HOWELL 

  COUNTY ALONG HIGHWAY 142 FROM THE MOODY TO LANTON. AN ADDITONAL    

  HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN     

  TAPERS OFF BY 1130 AM.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING                

  INCLUDE...AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF WEST PLAINS...AREAS ALONG        

  HIGHWAY 142 FROM MOODY TO LANTON. 



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 3687 9168 3650 9168 3650 9213 3688 9209



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