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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

636 AM CST WED JAN 5 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  DENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  HICKORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  LACLEDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  PHELPS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 1230 PM CST.



* AT 632 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

  AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THIS LARGE SHIELD

  OF RAIN EXTENDS BACK INTO KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA...AND IS EXPECTED TO 

  CONTINUE TRAINING OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS

  THIS MORNING.



* 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...BOLIVAR...

  CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...FORT SCOTT...HOUSTON...JOPLIN...

  LEBANON...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO AND NEVADA.



NUMEROUS OBSERVATIONS OF ROAD CLOSINGS AND FLOODED OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS

HAVE BEEN REPORTED EARLY THIS MORNING.  MORNING COMMUTERS SHOULD TAKE THIS

WARNING SERIOUSLY WHEN TRAVELING TODAY.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS OF LOW

WATER CROSSINGS...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR WASHED OUT ROADWAYS.  IT IS 

VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE A WASHED OUT ROAD FROM FLOODING.  IT IS BEST TO 

COMPLETELY AVOID FLOODED ROADWAYS ALL TOGETHER.  FLASH FLOODING IS THE 

NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN THE MISSOURI OZARKS.  



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3656 9457 3704 9457 3704 9465 3707 9507

      3803 9508 3804 9400 3819 9401 3818 9348

      3846 9344 3847 9311 3866 9298 3843 9267

      3840 9249 3833 9246 3826 9232 3829 9173

      3820 9171 3815 9161 3776 9160 3777 9138

      3745 9134 3750 9167 3744 9171 3712 9175

      3712 9215 3683 9214 3685 9300 3684 9340

      3653 9335 3652 9366



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