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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

430 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN MISSOURI



* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.



* AT 429 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN AND

  HAIL HAD ALREADY FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

  FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR IN SPRINGFIELD. IN ADDITION...COPIOUS

  AMOUNTS OF LARGE HAIL WILL LEAD TO EXTREMELY POOR DRAINAGE AND

  ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER THE 

NEXT HOUR IN THE SPRINGFIELD AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN 

AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE 

AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



LAT...LON 3731 9338 3709 9340 3709 9308 3732 9310



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