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000 

WGUS53 KSGF 030413

FFWSGF

MOC109-145-031000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1112 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



* AT 1100 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS          

  APPROACHING OR EXCEEDING TWO INCHES OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS        

  ACROSS PARTS OF LAWRENCE AND NEWTON COUNTIES.  ADDITIONAL          

  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN FROM THE WEST MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER INCH OR  

  MORE OF RAIN IN LOCALLIZED AREAS OVERNIGHT.  THEREFORE...THE FLASH 

  FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 5 AM THIS MORNING. 



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN      

  THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE    

  FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREA LOW WATER         

  CROSSINGS.



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.



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 3679 9460 3705 9459 3704 9408 3716 9405

      3728 9405 3727 9363 3693 9363 3692 9372

      3694 9408 3677 9409



$$



SAW

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000 

WGUS53 KSGF 030413

FFWSGF

MOC109-145-031000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1112 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



* AT 1100 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS          

  APPROACHING OR EXCEEDING TWO INCHES OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS        

  ACROSS PARTS OF LAWRENCE AND NEWTON COUNTIES.  ADDITIONAL          

  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN FROM THE WEST MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER INCH OR  

  MORE OF RAIN IN LOCALLIZED AREAS OVERNIGHT.  THEREFORE...THE FLASH 

  FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 5 AM THIS MORNING. 



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN      

  THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE    

  FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREA LOW WATER         

  CROSSINGS.



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.



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 3679 9460 3705 9459 3704 9408 3716 9405

      3728 9405 3727 9363 3693 9363 3692 9372

      3694 9408 3677 9409



$$



SAW

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