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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

139 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OZARK COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  OREGON COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  HOWELL COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  SHANNON COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  TEXAS COUNTY IN MISSOURI



* UNTIL 730 AM CST.



* AT 122 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE 

TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

INDICATE THAT BETWEEN ONE AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA SINCE MONDAY AFTERNOON. MODERATE TO HEAVY 

RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA FOR SEVERAL MORE 

HOURS...WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF A HALF INCH TO THREE QUARTERS 

OF AN INCH PER HOUR LIKELY.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...WEST 

PLAINS...HOUSTON...WINONA...WILLOW SPRINGS...THAYER... 

SUMMERSVILLE...RAYMONDVILLE...MOUNTAIN VIEW...LICKING... 

GAINESVILLE...EMINENCE AND CABOOL.



AS OF 130 AM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING WAS ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS OZARK...HOWELL...AND DOUGLAS 

COUNTIES. NUMEROUS ROADWAYS ARE REPORTED UNDERWATER...AND 

WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL 

OCCUR. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO FLOODING IN 

OREGON...TEXAS...AND SHANNON COUNTIES AS WELL.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. NUMEROUS ROADWAYS ARE ALREADY UNDER WATER...AND 

ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR 

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER 

DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES 

CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. DO NOT DRIVE 

AROUND POLICE BARRICADES...THEY ARE THERE BECAUSE THE ROAD IS 

FLOODED AND DRIVING AROUND THE BARRICADES IS PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT 

RISK



LAT...LON 3651 9117 3649 9173 3653 9276 3677 9276

          3683 9249 3706 9250 3707 9223 3758 9224

          3759 9178 3741 9179 3740 9123



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