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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

223 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LACLEDE COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  DALLAS COUNTY IN MISSOURI



* UNTIL 830 AM CDT.



* AT 220 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN 

  IN A BAND FROM JUST NORTH OF URBANA...SOUTHEASTWARD TO NEAR        

  SLEEPER. RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL LIKELY OVERSPREAD THE 

  REMAINDER OF LACLEDE AND DALLAS COUNTIES BETWEEN 230 AM AND 

  400 AM.  



* 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...URBANA...ELDRIDGE...AND SLEEPER.



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.



LAT...LON 3779 9241 3748 9226 3751 9317 3792 9319



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