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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

107 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT.



* AT 101 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM NEAR SENECA TO NEOSHO 

  TO GRANBY. THE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY...AND DOPPLER RADAR 

  ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. 



* 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...NEOSHO...SILVER CREEK...SHOAL CREEK DRIVE...SAGINAW...

  LEAWOOD...GRANBY...DIAMOND...STARK CITY...SHOAL CREEK ESTATES...

  RITCHEY...REDINGS MILL AND RACINE.



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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 3704 9409 3677 9411 3679 9460 3705 9460



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