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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

130 AM CDT SAT JUL 3 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 715 AM CDT.



* AT 125 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL HAD SHIFTED SOUTH INTO 

  NORTHERN ARKANSAS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

  OF ONE TO THREE INCHES HAD FALLEN ACROSS MUCH MCDONALD COUNTY SINCE

  FRIDAY EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN ENDED...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL

  CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS BENTON COUNTY ARKANSAS. 



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO  

  OCCUR ON STREAMS IN SOUTHERN MCDONALD COUNTY INCLUDING BIG AND 

  LITTLE SUGAR CREEKS AND BUTLER CREEK. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL 

  EXPERIENCE FLOODING AS THESE STREAMS RISE INCLUDE...NOEL... 

  PINEVILLE AND POWELL.  FLOODING WILL ALSO LIKELY OCCUR ON INDIAN

  CREEK. THESE FLOOD WATERS WILL FLOW INTO THE ELK RIVER CAUSING

  SIGNIFICANT AND RAPID RISES. 



* AT 1245 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT   

  SIGNIFICANT RISES HAD OCCURRED ON INDIAN CREEK IN MCDONALD COUNTY. 



CAMPERS ON STREAMS ACROSS MCDONALD COUNTY SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND 

NOW



ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF OTHER SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY 

ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS 

CAN BE EXPECTED. 



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.



LAT...LON 3675 9461 3651 9459 3651 9411 3673 941



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