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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

347 AM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOWELL COUNTY IN MISSOURI



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT.



* AT 340 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A LINE OF REPEATING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES 

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN COUNTYWIDE OVER THE LAST 2 HOURS...AND NUMEROUS 

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO TRAIN 

  NORTH TO SOUTH OVER THE COUNTY FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. 



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

  FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF

  THE COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING  

  INCLUDE...WEST PLAINS...WHITE CHURCH...MOUTAIN VIEW...SOUTH

  FORK AND MOODY. SIGNIFICANT RISES MAY ALSO OCCUR ALONG THE ELEVEN 

  POINT RIVER.



AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 

SEVERAL HOURS...WHICH MAY LEAD TO AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLOOD

SITUATION ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF HOWELL COUNTY.



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

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

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND OR SEEK AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.



LAT...LON 3705 9167 3649 9168 3649 9215 3705 9210



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