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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

155 AM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT.



* AT 146 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA FROM 

  NEAR PALO PINTO...EASTWARD TO NEAR VERSAILLES. DOPPLER RADAR 

  ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS 

  PARTS OF BOTH BENTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES...AND RAINFALL RATES OF 1 

  TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 4 AM.  



* 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...WARSAW...VERSAILLES...STOVER...LINCOLN...COLE CAMP...

  ZORA...WHITAKERVILLE...SYRACUSE...ROCKY MOUNT...PALO PINTO...

  LAKEVIEW HEIGHTS AND KNOBBY.



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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 3842 9267 3826 9270 3826 9307 3809 9310

          3809 9349 3850 9348 3852 9306 3869 9306

          3868 9287 3853 9285



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