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000 

WGUS53 KSGF 010538

FFWSGF

MOC077-011130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1233 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENE COUNTY IN MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT.



* AT 1227 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED NEARLY THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

SOUTHEAST GREENE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY EAST OF LAKE SPRINGFIELD AND 

SOUTH OF TURNERS. FLOODING WAS OBSERVED NEAR TURNERS WHERE A LOW 

WATER CROSSING WAS IMPASSABLE. IN ADDITION TO THE THUNDERSTORMS IN 

SOUTHEAST GREENE COUNTY...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IN WEBSTER 

COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 60...HAD MAJOR FLOODING PROBLEMS 

AND TRAFFIC HAS BEEN DIVERTED BETWEEN SEYMOUR AND DIGGINS. THIS 

WATER WILL EVENTUALLY FLOW INTO EASTERN GREENE COUNTY AND CAUSE 

ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ALONG JAMES RIVER. 



* 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...TURNERS...GLIDEWELL AND GALLOWAY.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3743 9309 3709 9311 3709 9340 3742 9341



$$



JLT

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000 

WGUS53 KSGF 010538

FFWSGF

MOC077-011130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1233 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENE COUNTY IN MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT.



* AT 1227 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED NEARLY THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

SOUTHEAST GREENE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY EAST OF LAKE SPRINGFIELD AND 

SOUTH OF TURNERS. FLOODING WAS OBSERVED NEAR TURNERS WHERE A LOW 

WATER CROSSING WAS IMPASSABLE. IN ADDITION TO THE THUNDERSTORMS IN 

SOUTHEAST GREENE COUNTY...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IN WEBSTER 

COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 60...HAD MAJOR FLOODING PROBLEMS 

AND TRAFFIC HAS BEEN DIVERTED BETWEEN SEYMOUR AND DIGGINS. THIS 

WATER WILL EVENTUALLY FLOW INTO EASTERN GREENE COUNTY AND CAUSE 

ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ALONG JAMES RIVER. 



* 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...TURNERS...GLIDEWELL AND GALLOWAY.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3743 9309 3709 9311 3709 9340 3742 9341



$$



JLT

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