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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1009 AM CDT SUN AUG 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 100 PM CDT



* AT 1005 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL APPROACHING THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES HAVE ALREADY

  FALLEN THIS MORNING WITH EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN AND

  EASTERN MARIES COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE

  POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL REACH THE AREA BY 1030 AM.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 

  VIENNA AND AREAS ALONG THE GASCONADE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.



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

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. SPORT

UTILITY VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO SWIFTLY FLOWING 

WATERS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS...LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS.



LAT...LON 3830 9164 3816 9164 3816 9208 3829 9208



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