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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

308 PM 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

  DENT COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  PULASKI COUNTY IN MISSOURI

  PHELPS COUNTY IN MISSOURI



* UNTIL 900 PM CST.



* AT 307 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA. 

RAINFALL RATES WILL INCREASE TO ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR IN 

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH A BROADER AREA OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE BEHIND THE MAIN AREA OF 

THUNDERSTORMS INITIALLY. DUE TO THE ALREADY EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM 

EARLIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES...THE ADDITIONAL 

INTENSE RAINFALL WILL BRING FLASH FLOODING TO THE WARNED AREA. 

PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND NOT DRIVE...IF POSSIBLE...THIS 

AFTERNOON OR EVENING AS FLOODING WILL BE IMMINENT. 



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE AREAL FLOOD WARNING

FOR HOWELL...OREGON...SHANNON AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS COUNTY THAT WAS IN 

EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM. 



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

   PLAINS...ROLLA...HOUSTON...FORT LEONARD

   WOOD...AVA...WINONA...WILLOW SPRINGS...WAYNESVILLE...THAYER...

   SUMMERSVILLE...ST. ROBERT AND ST. JAMES.



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. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3693 9281 3714 9225 3761 9225 3801 9236

          3804 9157 3777 9155 3771 9116 3755 9130

          3715 9109 3709 9123 3650 9115 3652 9277



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