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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

410 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENE COUNTY IN MISSOURI



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.



* AT 409 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF OVER TWO INCHES PER HOUR 

  OVER CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY...INCLUDING 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. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...SPRINGFIELD...WILLARD...WALNUT GROVE...STRAFFORD...FAIR

  GROVE AND BROOKLINE.



COMMUTERS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS...IF YOU 

ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROAD WAY TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN 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 3741 9309 3715 9312 3715 9361 3741 9358



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