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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

500 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARRY COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

  STONE COUNTY IN MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.



* AT 455 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING 

EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN BARRY AND STONE COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS 

FROM EARLIER TODAY HAVE ALREADY DROPPED IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES OF 

RAIN...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH 6 

PM.



* 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...MONETT...WASHBURN...SELIGMAN...REEDS

  SPRING...PURDY...GALENA...EXETER...CRANE...CASSVILLE...            

  WHEELERVILLE...WAYNE...SHELL KNOB...AND FAIRVIEW.



* LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN BARRY COUNTY REPORTED THAT SOUTH STREET 

  IN MONETT IS FLOODED. ALSO...KELLY CREEK IN MONETT HAS REACHED     

  BANKFULL LEVEL AND WILL LIKELY OVERFLOW ITS BANKS AND COULD AFFECT

  BUSINESSES NEAR THE CREEK. ALSO...MANY STREETS IN FAIRVIEW 

  ARE ALSO UNDER WATER. 



  LOCATIONS NEAR FLAT CREEK ALONG HIGHWAY 39...THE INTERSECTION OF   

  HIGHWAYS 76 AND 50...AND FARM ROAD 2185 NEAR MINERAL SPRINGS ARE 

  ALSO FLOODED. 



* THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE PREVIOUS FLOOD 

  WARNING ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.



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 3703 9329 3680 9335 3670 9335 3668 9360

          3656 9365 3648 9406 3693 9407 3694 9365



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