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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

415 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MILLER COUNTY IN MISSOURI



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.



* AT 409 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN   

  OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY DURING THE PAST    

  HOUR. 



* 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...ST. ELIZABETH...LAKELAND...LAKE OZARK...IBERIA AND ELDON.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY 

DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. THIS WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING ACROSS 

THE COUNTY. 



TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN 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.



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 3838 9265 3823 9268 3807 9260 3803 9220

          3837 9222



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