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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

711 AM CST MON NOV 1 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MARIES COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

  PHELPS COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

  PULASKI COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

  TEXAS COUNTY IN MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 930 AM CST.



* AT 701 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

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

  ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL EARLY THIS MORNING GENERALLY   

  NORTHWEST OF A VICHY...TO JEROME...TO HUGGINS LINE.  THE BAND OF     

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS PUSHING EASTWARD.  THE LEADING EDGE OF     

  THIS LINE STRETCHED FROM NEAR VICHY...THROUGH JEROME AND           

  SUCCESS...TO NEAR MOUNTAIN GROVE.  RAINFALL RATES WITHIN THIS BAND 

  WILL EXCEED ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES 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...FORT LEONARD

  WOOD...HOUSTON...ROLLA...BELLE...CABOOL...CROCKER...DIXON...       

  DOOLITTLE...LICKING...NEWBURG...RAYMONDVILLE AND ST. JAMES.



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 3762 9183 3707 9170 3709 9225 3763 9224

      3776 9239 3801 9239 3806 9217 3830 9217

      3829 9169 3815 9169 3816 9154 3782 9156

      3782 9185



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