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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

737 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT.



* AT 732 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM NEAR AND     

  JUST EAST OF MONETT SOUTHWEST TO NEAR PINEVILLE AND ANDERSON. THE  

  STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. RAINFALL RATES WITH THESE STORMS 

  WILL BE 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES PER HOURS WHICH WILL LEAD TO QUICKLY     

  RISING WATER AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND CREEKS.



* 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...MONETT...ANDERSON...CASSVILLE...EXETER...LANAGAN...      

  NOEL...PINEVILLE...PURDY...SELIGMAN...WASHBURN...WHEATON AND       

  BUTTERFIELD.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 3693 9403 3673 9408 3670 9458 3651 9459

      3652 9361 3693 9365



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