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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

700 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCDONALD COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  BARRY COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  NEWTON COUNTY IN MISSOURI



* UNTIL 100 PM CDT.



* AT 654 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN MCDONALD COUNTY.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS 

ALL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.



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.



LAT...LON 3650 9461 3651 9362 3690 9365 3706 9461



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