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WGUS53 KSGF 252314

FFWSGF

MOC125-161-169-260500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

605 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  PHELPS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.



* AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 430 PM 

  FROM NEAR CROCKER...THEN NORTH AND EAST TOWARD DIXON...BRINKTOWN 

  AND VICHY. A REPORT OF THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR WAS 

  OBSERVED IN THE TOWN OF DIXON. THIS WAS REPORTED BY A LOCAL

  TELEVISION STATION IN SPRINGFIELD. 



* ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE 

  NORTHEAST OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF 

  RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN PHELPS AND 

  SOUTHERN MARIES COUNTIES. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL 

  CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



PLEASE BE AWARE THAT SOME OF THE TRIBUTARIES OF THE GASCONADE RIVER 

WILL LIKELY RISE RAPIDLY EARLY THIS EVENING. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFULLY 

NEAR JONES CREEK...MILL CREEK...CLEMENS CREEK AND BELL CREEK AROUND 

THE COMMUNITY OF DIXON. 



PLEASE BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS THIS EVENING AS THE SUN SETS AND IT IS 

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD 

WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS 

RISING.



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.



LAT...LON 3822 9161 3781 9182 3781 9235 3824 9210



$$



JLT

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000 

WGUS53 KSGF 252314

FFWSGF

MOC125-161-169-260500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

605 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  PHELPS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.



* AT 600 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 430 PM 

  FROM NEAR CROCKER...THEN NORTH AND EAST TOWARD DIXON...BRINKTOWN 

  AND VICHY. A REPORT OF THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR WAS 

  OBSERVED IN THE TOWN OF DIXON. THIS WAS REPORTED BY A LOCAL

  TELEVISION STATION IN SPRINGFIELD. 



* ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE 

  NORTHEAST OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF 

  RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN PHELPS AND 

  SOUTHERN MARIES COUNTIES. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL 

  CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



PLEASE BE AWARE THAT SOME OF THE TRIBUTARIES OF THE GASCONADE RIVER 

WILL LIKELY RISE RAPIDLY EARLY THIS EVENING. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFULLY 

NEAR JONES CREEK...MILL CREEK...CLEMENS CREEK AND BELL CREEK AROUND 

THE COMMUNITY OF DIXON. 



PLEASE BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS THIS EVENING AS THE SUN SETS AND IT IS 

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS 

OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD 

WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS 

RISING.



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.



LAT...LON 3822 9161 3781 9182 3781 9235 3824 9210



$$



JLT

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