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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

528 AM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT.



* AT 526 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FELL 

  OVER PORTIONS OF GREENE COUNTY THE LAST 4 HOURS.   



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE 

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH  

  FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN THE SPRINGFIELD METRO AREA. SOME 

  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING                            

  INCLUDE...SPRINGFIELD...STRAFFORD AND BROOKLINE.



* MORNING COMMUTERS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING     

  THROUGH HEAVY RAIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.  DO NOT DRIVE OVER

  FLOODED ROADWAYS.  FLASH FLOODING CAUSES MORE FATALITIES THAN 

  ANY OTHER WEATHER RELATED HAZARD.



LAT...LON 3734 9312 3712 9312 3711 9345 3733 9347



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