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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

832 PM CDT SAT JUL 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 230 AM CDT.



* AT 826 PM 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 HAS AFFECTED 

  THE LITTLE NORTH FORK RIVER BASIN IN NORTHWESTERN OZARK COUNTY THIS

  EVENING.



* 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...GAINESVILLE...BRIXEY...DORA...HARDENVILLE...ISABELLA...

  LONG RUN...NOBLE...PONTIAC...ROCKBRIDGE...SUNDOWN...SYCAMORE AND   

  TECUMSEH...THEODOSIA...AND THORNFIELD.



RESIDENTS AND INTERESTS WITHIN THE LITTLE NORTH FORK...POND FORK...AND 

BARREN FORK BASINS SHOULD REMAIN ABREAST OF RAPID RISES IN WATER 

LEVELS.  DO NOT CROSS FLOODED OVER ROADWAYS.  FLASH FLOODING IS THE 

NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN THE OZARKS.



LAT...LON 3680 9276 3651 9275 3651 9248 3663 9215

      3679 9216



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