

000 

WGUS53 KSGF 182140

FFWSGF

MOC125-161-190330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

438 PM CDT THU JUL 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN PHELPS COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  EASTERN MARIES COUNTY IN MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT



* AT 433 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN

  HAD FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 



* 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...VIENNA...ST. JAMES...AND LOCATIONS ALONG INTERSTATE 44

  NORTHEAST OF ROLLA.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNED 

AREA.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3830 9207 3805 9193 3792 9152 3818 9154

          3817 9163 3829 9164



BOOKBINDER

