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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

626 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT.



* AT 623 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY 

  EARLY THIS MORNING.  WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED...RUNOFF    

  WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...ALLOWING AREAS OF FLOODING  

  TO PERSIST.  THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED   

  UNTIL 1030 AM THIS MORNING.



* LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT SEVERAL CLOSED ROADS 

  INCLUDING HIGHWAY 86 BETWEEN NEWTONIA AND STARK CITY.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3703 9414 3682 9409 3681 9456 3700 9455



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