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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1023 AM CDT MON AUG 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BENTON COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

  CAMDEN COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

  MILLER COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

  MORGAN COUNTY IN MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 430 PM CDT.



* AT 1018 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED NEARLY THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD

  FALLEN IN NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN MORGAN 

  COUNTY...NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CAMDEN COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST PORTIONS 

  OF MILLER COUNTY SINCE 8 AM. 

  

  ALTHOUGH REPORTS OF MINOR FLOODING HAVE BEEN 

RECEIVED...THUNDERSTORMS

  CONTINUE TO FORM OVER THE WARNED AREA AND RAINFALL RATES REMAIN IN

  THE ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR RANGE. LOCALLY...FOUR INCH

  TOTALS HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED NEAR COLE CAMP SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN

  EARLIER THIS MORNING. A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER 

  CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL

  THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON WITH RUNOFF CONTINUING INTO THE LATE 

  AFTERNOON. 



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN 

  THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE  



A WARNING FLOODING WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR 

OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE 

IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT 

TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT 

OR BY AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3870 9285 3841 9243 3787 9243 3791 9304

      3806 9305 3811 9352 3852 9350 3869 9305



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