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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

555 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.



* AT 546 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL 

  JASPER COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY THREE INCHES   

  OF RAIN HAS AFFECTED AREAS IN AND AROUND CARTHAGE.  THIS ACTIVITY  

  WAS NEARLY STATIONARY AND REDEVELOPING TO THE NORTHWEST.



* 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...AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...CARTERVILLE...CARTHAGE...

  ORONOGO...PURCELL...WEBB CITY...BROOKLYN HEIGHTS...LAKESIDE AND

  NECK CITY.



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.  REMEMBER...FLASH FLOODING IS THE NUMBER ONE 

KILLER IN ALL WEATHER PHENOMENA.



LAT...LON 3709 9443 3717 9428 3724 9430 3731 9445

      3731 9457 3714 9454



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