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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

806 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

  JASPER COUNTY IN MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* AT 801 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN TWO AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES

  OF RAIN ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEWTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL JASPER

  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...NEOSHO...JOPLIN...WEBB CITY...SILVER CREEK...SHOAL CREEK

  DRIVE...SENECA...SARCOXIE...SAGINAW...PURCELL...ORONOGO...LEAWOOD

  AND JASPER.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL 

HOURS AS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE PUSHING ACROSS THESE 

ALREADY SATURATED AREAS.



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 3734 9411 3730 9409 3729 9407 3706 9409

          3676 9408 3678 9462 3734 9461



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