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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

945 PM CDT FRI APR 30 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 345 AM CDT.



* AT 934 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 

  ROGERSVILLE TO DIGGINS TO NORTH OF SEYMOUR SINCE 7 PM...WITH  

  ISOLATED AREAS OF THREE INCHES BETWEEN ROGERSVILLE AND DIGGINS.



  THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREAS AND ADDITIONAL 

  THUNDERSTORMS UPSTREAM WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THE THREAT OF HEAVY

  RAINFALL THROUGH THE EVENING.  



* 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...SEYMOUR...ROGERSVILLE...MARSHFIELD...FORDLAND...DIGGINS   

AND NORTHVIEW. 



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.



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 9269 3707 9269 3709 9309 3735 9309



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