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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

325 AM CDT SAT JUL 3 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 930 AM CDT.



* AT 323 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EASTERN OREGON 

  COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO 

  INCHES HAD FALLEN SINCE 2 AM ACROSS EASTERN OREGON COUNTY.



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED 

  AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH   

  FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN COUCH...WILDERNESS...AND

  MYRTLE NEAR THE TRIBUTARIES OF THE ELEVEN POINT RIVER. 



SIGNIFICANT RIVER RISES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE MAIN STEM OF THE 

ELEVEN POINT RIVER.

  

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR

CREEKS.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3653 9166 3652 9116 3681 9116 3685 9163



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