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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

532 PM CST TUE JAN 4 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 1030 PM CST.



* AT 529 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED   

AREA. IN ADDITION, SEVERAL ROADS WERE CLOSING DUE TO THE FLOODING 

AROUND ASBURY AND WACO. ALSO, DOPPLER RADAR HAS BEEN UNDERESTIMATING 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE AREA AS MUCH AS ONE HALF INCH. RAINFALL 

FROM EARLIER THIS WEEK HAS CAUSED THE GROUND TO BE SATURATED. 

THEREFORE, ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUNOFF RAPIDLY INTO LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS, CREEKS AND STREAMS CAUSING THEM TO FLOOD. 



* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN WEST CENTRAL 

JASPER COUNTY NEAR ASBURY, WACO AND CARL JUNCTION. 



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3735 9408 3707 9409 3704 9462 3736 9463



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