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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

935 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT.



* AT 928 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A FLOODED 

LOW WATER CROSSING WEST OF MOODY ALONG HIGHWAY 142. THIS AREA HAS 

RECEIVED BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 6 PM...HOWEVER 

ONLY A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN 

THIS AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. 



* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM

  THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME

  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...WEST PLAINS...

  MOUNTAIN VIEW...WILLOW SPRINGS...BRANDSVILLE...CAULFIELD...

  LANTON...MOODY...PEACE VALLEY...POMONA...POTTERSVILLE...SILOAM

  SPRINGS AND SOUTH FORK.



AT 930 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A CAR WASHED 

OFF THE ROAD ALONG HIGHWAY 142 WEST OF MOODY. LOCAL OFFICERS WERE IN 

THE PROCESS OF RESCUING TWO PEOPLE WHO WERE TRAPPED IN THERE CAR BY 

THE FLOOD WATER ALONG HIGHWAY 142. 



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3705 9168 3650 9170 3650 9213 3706 9209



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