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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

219 AM CDT TUE AUG 20 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BENTON COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  MORGAN COUNTY IN MISSOURI



* UNTIL 830 AM CDT



* AT 216 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER

  THE WARNED AREA...ON TOP OF 2 TO 3 INCHES FROM PREVIOUS STORMS.



* 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...WARSAW...VERSAILLES...STOVER...LINCOLN AND COLE CAMP.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA.



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 3870 9307 3870 9284 3861 9286 3843 9263

          3835 9264 3835 9269 3823 9270 3823 9294

          3826 9304 3827 9310 3807 9307 3808 9351

          3851 9352 3851 9329 3854 9308



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