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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

747 AM CDT SUN JUL 4 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 145 PM CDT.



* AT 744 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER  

  MCDONALD COUNTY SINCE 7 AM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH POSSIBLE  

  BEFORE IT TAPERS OFF THIS MORNING.  



* 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...ANDERSON...GOODMAN...LANAGAN...NOEL...PINEVILLE...SOUTH

  WEST CITY...POWELL AND ROCKY COMFORT.



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.



LAT...LON 3678 9462 3676 9407 3650 9410 3649 9462



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