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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

753 AM CDT SUN SEP 18 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.



* AT 750 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE APPROACHING THREE     

  INCHES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL      

  THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAIN THROUGH MID    

  MORNING.



* 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...OSCEOLA...JOHNSON CITY...MONEGAW SPRINGS...ROSCOE...

  TABERVILLE...TIFFIN AND VISTA.



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 3805 9364 3789 9369 3791 9405 3812 9405

      3811 9391 3808 9373



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