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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

520 PM CDT WED APR 20 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PHELPS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT.



* AT 517 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 

  4 PM ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PHELPS COUNTY. 



* 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...EDGAR SPRINGS...AND LOW WATER CROSSING ON HIGHWAY 

  CC ALONG BEAVER CREEK.



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 3789 9164 3781 9161 3781 9184 3762 9184

      3762 9203 3788 9201



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