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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1020 AM CDT FRI JUL 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN HOWELL COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  SOUTHERN SHANNON COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  SOUTHERN TEXAS COUNTY IN MISSOURI



* UNTIL 130 PM CDT



* AT 1012 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY       

  HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED

  THAT THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE WARNING AREA.

  STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED   

  HEAVY RAINFALL. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE  

  POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON.



* 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...WINONA...WILLOW SPRINGS...MOUNTAIN VIEW...CABOOL AND

  BIRCH TREE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE.



BECAUSE OF THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE OZARKS...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF 

LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO

NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT

ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES 

AWAY.





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