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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

750 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 200 AM CDT.



* AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED

  AREA.  FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF BOTH

  BARRY AND STONE COUNTIES.



* 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 MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...MONETT...WHEATON...WASHBURN...SELIGMAN...REEDS SPRING...

  PURDY...KIMBERLING CITY...INDIAN POINT...GALENA...EXETER...CRANE

  AND CASSVILLE.



FLOODING CONTINUES TO OCCUR IN THE TOWNS OF MONETT...HURLEY...AND 

REEDS SPRING.  A LOW WATER CROSSING RESCUE HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN 

THE TOWN OF HURLEY.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 3701 9336 3682 9336 3681 9332 3651 9332

          3652 9408 3694 9407 3693 9363 3702 9364



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