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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

756 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHANNON COUNTY IN MISSOURI.



* UNTIL NOON CDT.



* AT 755 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT ROCKY CREEK WAS OUT ITS

  BANKS AND WAS RUNNING OVER HIGHWAY H. 



* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM

  THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME   

  LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...WINONA...

  EMINENCE...BIRCH TREE...TERESITA...ROUND SPRING...MONTIER... 

  MIDRIDGE AND ALLEY SPRING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AS WELL 

AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3734 9121 3689 9120 3690 9168 3737 9162



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