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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1100 AM CDT TUE AUG 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT.



* AT 1058 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING

  INTO BENTON COUNTY.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE AND 

  TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT 

  MOVES ACROSS BENTON COUNTY.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN

  THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL LIKELY

  CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE

  FLOODING   INCLUDE...COLE CAMP...LINCOLN...WARSAW...CROCKERVILLE...

  EDMONSON...  EDWARDS...FRISTOE...HASTAIN...KNOBBY...LAKEVIEW

  HEIGHTS...PALO PINTO AND WHITAKERVILLE.



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.



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