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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1218 PM CDT TUE AUG 24 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 515 PM CDT.



* AT 1213 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

  ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS PORTIONS OF ST. CLAIR COUNTY.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN 

  THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL LIKELY

  CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.  SOME LOCATIONS THAN MAY

  EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...APPLETON CITY...LOWRY CITY...

  OSCEOLA...TIFFIN...AND ROSCOE. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER

GROUND.



LAT...LON 3821 9405 3821 9405 3820 9392 3821 9354

      3793 9352 3791 9359 3782 9360 3784 9381

      3790 9383 3789 9407



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