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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

353 AM CDT THU APR 21 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL NOON CDT.



* AT 350 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF WIDESPREAD RAINFALL 

  HAS AFFECTED CENTRAL AND NORTHERN DENT COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING.



* SLOW MOVING 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...SALEM...BANGERT...BOSS...HOWES...HOWES MILL...LAKE

  SPRING...SLIGO AND STONE HILL.



IN THE HILLY TERRAIN OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN DENT COUNTY...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 3777 9134 3768 9134 3769 9118 3760 9117

      3760 9134 3753 9133 3755 9168 3778 9174



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