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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

156 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCDONALD COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

  NEWTON COUNTY IN MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT.



* AT 151 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL   

  WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS NEWTON AND MCDONALD COUNTIES    

  SINCE MIDNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS     

  LIKELY BEFORE SUNRISE. THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO   

  THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT.  



* 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...NEOSHO...ANDERSON...DIAMOND...FAIRVIEW...GOODMAN...

  GRANBY...LANAGAN...LEAWOOD...NOEL...PINEVILLE...SAGINAW AND SHOAL

  CREEK DRIVE.



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 3704 9408 3649 9411 3649 9461 3704 9460



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