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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

653 AM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  PHELPS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 100 PM CDT.



* AT 651 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN OVER SOUTHERN  

  MARIES AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF PHELPS COUNTY WITHIN THE LAST HOUR.



* 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...DOOLITTLE...NEWBURG...BEULAH...BRINKTOWN...EDGAR SPRINGS

  AND JEROME.



ANTOHER INCH TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA 

THROUGH 9 AM.



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 3815 9187 3812 9217 3761 9199 3764 9179



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