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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

242 AM CST MON NOV 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

  GREENE COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

  POLK COUNTY IN MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 845 AM CST.



* AT 237 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

  AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR  

  ESTIMATES THAT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED WITH THE       

  STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA SO FAR. AN ADDTIONAL ONE TO   

  TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE THE WARNING AREA OVER 

  THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS. THE AREAS OF HEAVIEST RAIN WILL             

  AFFECT POLK...THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF GREENE...AND THE PANHANDLE 

  OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY. 



* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM

  THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME

  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BOLIVAR...

  SPRINGFIELD...ASH GROVE...BATTLEFIELD...BILLINGS...BROOKLINE...FAIR

  PLAY...MORRISVILLE...PLEASANT HOPE...REPUBLIC...WALNUT GROVE AND

  WILLARD.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN 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.



LAT...LON 3705 9364 3705 9326 3764 9321 3764 9363



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