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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1027 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



* AT 1026 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS

  LAWRENCE COUNTY.  SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM EARLIER THIS

  EVENING HAS BROUGHT RUNOFF FLOODING TO THE FREISTATT AND MONETT

  AREAS...AND NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE IN FLOOD 

  IN RURAL AREAS OF LAWRENCE COUNTY.



* 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...MOUNT VERNON...VERONA...PIERCE CITY...MILLER...

  MARIONVILLE...AURORA...STOTTS CITY...RED OAK...HOBERG...FREISTATT

  AND CHESAPEAKE.



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT WILL ADD TO THE RUNOFF FLOODING 

PROBLEM ACROSS THE COUNTY.  



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 3728 9364 3694 9363 3693 9406 3729 9406



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