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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

119 AM CDT THU MAY 1 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN VERNON COUNTY IN MISSOURI



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 115 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE AND A HALF TO NEARLY TWO INCHES   

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITHIN THE PAST 2 HOURS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN  

  IS LIKELY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

  MOVE IN FROM THE WEST.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3803 9409 3781 9410 3781 9461 3804 9460



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