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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

715 PM CDT THU JUL 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT.



* AT 709 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN TWO AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF   

  RAIN HAS FALLEN WITHIN THE PAST HOUR ACROSS WESTERN DOUGLAS        

  COUNTY. THIS WARNING IS AN UPGRADE OF THE PREVIOUS URBAN AND SMALL 

  STREAM ADVISORY. 



* 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...THE GUFFY AND LITTLE BEAVER CREEKS IN ADDITION TO THE    

  BOULDER FORK.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3683 9290 3683 9250 3706 9250 3706 9290



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