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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

628 AM CDT SAT JUL 19 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWESTERN SHANNON COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  EASTERN TEXAS COUNTY IN MISSOURI



* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT



* AT 623 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS

  EASTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN SHANNON COUNTIES OVERNIGHT...AND

  AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 AM. 



* 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...

  SUMMERSVILLE...RAYMONDVILLE...PINE CREST...AND BIRCH TREE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 3706 9146 3690 9131 3690 9165 3704 9166

          3708 9199 3747 9195 3746 9177 3725 9168



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