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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

245 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OZARK COUNTY IN MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT.



* AT 243 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL TRAINING ACROSS THE WARNED 

  AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 

  FALLEN JUST IN THE PAST TWO HOURS...WITH AN ADDITIONAL THREE TO 

  FIVE INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS 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...GAINESVILLE...BAKERSFIELD...ZANONI...WILLHOIT...WASOLA...

  UDALL...THORNFIELD...THEODOSIA...TECUMSEH...SYCAMORE...SUNDOWN AND

  ROCKBRIDGE.



THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WELL SOUTHWEST INTO ARKANSAS AND 

OKLAHOMA. PERSONS LIVING ALONG LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD MAKE 

PREPARATIONS TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE 

AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.



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.



LAT...LON 3680 9279 3651 9280 3651 9208 3681 9212



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