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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1242 AM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PULASKI COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  PHELPS COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  MILLER COUNTY IN MISSOURI



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 1237 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY

  OCCURRED WITH THE STORMS WHICH HAVE MOVED THROUGH.



* 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 MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...ROLLA...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ST. ROBERT...

  ST. JAMES...ST. ELIZABETH...RICHLAND...NEWBURG...LAKELAND...

  IBERIA...ELDON AND DOOLITTLE.



FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED EARLIER THIS EVENING IN THE

TOWN OF ELDON OF MILLER COUNTY.  THE MILLER COUNTY WARNING IS

BEING EXTENDED DUE TO CONTINUING HEAVY RAIN.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN

THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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 3833 9222 3803 9221 3801 9204 3804 9155

          3781 9159 3779 9182 3761 9183 3761 9212

          3772 9242 3803 9240 3804 9248 3816 9262

          3828 9269 3837 9266



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