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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

115 PM CDT THU JUL 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOWELL COUNTY IN MISSOURI



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT



* AT 107 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED CONTINUED 

  FLOODING OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HOWELL COUNTY FROM HEAVY RAIN   

  PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE DAY.     

  DOPPLER ESTIMATES OF RAINFALL INDICATE THAT 2 TO 4.5 INCHES OF     

  RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA TODAY. ALTHOUGH THE 

  RAINFALL HAS DECREASED...RAPID RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE     

  FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING   INCLUDE...WEST      

  PLAINS AND LANTON.



THIS EXTENDS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HOWELL COUNTY.



EXTENSIVE FLOODING CONTINUES IN THE CITY OF WEST PLAINS. HIGHWAY 142 

WEST OF MOODY IS FLOODED AND CLOSED AS OF 100 PM. COUNTY ROADS WEST 

OF WEST PLAINS ARE FLOODED. 



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 

ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3696 9168 3652 9171 3652 9210 3696 9208



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