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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

415 PM CDT THU AUG 26 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT.



* AT 415 PM CDT...A TRAINED WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTED THREE INCHES

  OF RAIN SOUTH OF DAWSON...ALONG HIGHWAY 95 IN SOUTHEAST WRIGHT 

  COUNTY SINCE 3 PM. THIS OBSERVER ALSO INDICATED THAT HIS PASTURES

  WERE FLOODING AND THAT ALL OF THE WATER FLOWS INTO BEAVER CREEK. 

  

  THERE ARE A FEW AREAS ALONG BEAVER CREEK THAT HAVE LOW WATER

  CROSSINGS WHICH WILL LIKELY FLOOD SOON. IN ADDITION...DOPPLER   

  RADAR ESTIMATED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL BETWEEN DAWSON AND   

  MOUNTAIN GROVE WITH LOCALLY THREE TO 3.50 INCHES SINCE 3 PM. 

  THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE FLOOD ADVISORY 

  ISSUED EARLIER. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE CAUSED THE FLOODING 

  WERE MOVING TO THE EAST...HOWEVER...THEY CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER 

  THE FLOODED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE   

  THUNDERSTORMS END. 



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

  OCCUR. 



SOME OF THE SPECIFIC STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY 

AFFECTED BY THE RAINFALL ARE...



PLEMMONS.

DAKE.

BEAVER.

WHETSTONE.

WILLIAMS AND DOOLITTLE.



THESE STREAMS ARE BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF MOUNTAIN GROVE AND DAWSON.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE 

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS 

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3733 9208 3707 9207 3707 9240 3733 9240



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