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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

857 AM CDT FRI AUG 23 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MORGAN COUNTY IN MISSOURI



* UNTIL 300 PM CDT



* AT 853 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

  OVER A LARGE PORTION OF MORGAN COUNTY.



* 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...VERSAILLES AND STOVER.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN

THE WARNED AREA AS THE NEXT BATCH OF HEAVY RAIN MOVES INTO THE AREA.

THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE RUNOFF FLASH FLOODING.



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.



LINDENBERG

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