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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

507 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 1100 PM CST.



* AT 506 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN PORTIONS OF 

  MCDONALD...BARRY...LAWRENCE...GREENE AND POLK COUNTIES SINCE 430 

  PM. THIS WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

  ADVISORY THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER TODAY. AN EXPANDING AREA OF 

  THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN OKLAHOMA WILL SPREAD 

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. 



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED

  AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH  

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING   

  INCLUDE...BOLIVAR...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...NEOSHO...OZARK...

  SPRINGFIELD...ANDERSON...ASH GROVE...AURORA...BATTLEFIELD...  

  BILLINGS AND BROOKLINE.



THERE HAS BEEN REPORTS OF MINOR STREET FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. 



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.



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 3791 9288 3752 9287 3749 9310 3718 9309

      3683 9294 3681 9331 3650 9330 3651 9465

      3676 9463 3705 9465 3707 9406 3730 9406

      3758 9406 3758 9363 3783 9361 3783 9322



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