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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

110 AM CDT FRI MAY 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 645 AM CDT.



* AT 105 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN LAWRENCE 

  COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO 

  FOUR INCHES IN AN AREA BETWEEN RED OAK AND MILLER. 



* THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND PRODUCE TORRENTIAL  

  RAINFALL IN NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

  RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT 

  WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...RED OAK...RESCUE...AND PHELPS.

  

  FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG WHITE OAK CREEK AND DRY 

  FORK CREEK IN NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3731 9363 3705 9365 3706 9403 3731 9407



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