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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

745 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  HICKORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 145 AM CST.



* AT 745 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

  AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE 

  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE TO TWO INCHES

  OF RAIN FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SINCE 5 PM. THE WARNING IS AN 

  UPGRADE TO THE PREVIOUS URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY THAT 

  WAS IN AFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. 



* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM

  THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



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

ALSO...SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS NEAR CLIMAX SPRINGS WERE FLOODED. 



AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY ACROSS 

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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3790 9241 3785 9360 3760 9366 3766 9461

      3806 9463 3807 9412 3823 9353 3852 9350

      3854 9307 3869 9300 3823 9224



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