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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

558 AM CST MON NOV 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

  OZARK COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

  WRIGHT COUNTY IN MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 930 AM CST.



* AT 553 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

  AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER        

  RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY ONE INCH OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN ACROSS 

  FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF DOUGLAS...OZARK...AND WRIGHT COUNTIES.  A 

  BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL STRETCHED FROM GROVESPRING...THROUGH   

  AVA...INTO FAR NORTHWEST OZARK COUNTY.  RAINFALL RATES WITHIN THIS 

  BAND WILL LIKELY EXCEED AN INCH PER HOUR.



* 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...AVA...

  HARTVILLE...MANSFIELD...NORWOOD...BRIXEY...BRUSHYKNOB...DAWSON...  

  DOGWOOD...DRURY...GENTRYVILLE...GOODHOPE AND GRAFF.



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.



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 3686 9224 3652 9255 3652 9278 3683 9275

      3683 9291 3708 9290 3707 9268 3748 9269

      3747 9226 3707 9229 3706 9211



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