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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

240 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT.



* AT 237 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED           

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. IN  

  ADDITION...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS AROUND 

  THE NEOSHO AREA CLOSED OR CLOSING AT THIS TIME. DOPPLER RADAR      

  ESTIMATED AROUND 1.5 TO LOCALLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN   

  NEWTON COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF        

  RAINFALL POSSIBLE BEFORE IT ENDS LATER 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...NEOSHO...DIAMOND...FAIRVIEW...GRANBY...LEAWOOD...

  SAGINAW...CLIFF VILLAGE...NEWTONIA...RACINE...REDINGS MILL...

  RITCHEY AND SHOAL CREEK ESTATES.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3704 9411 3677 9408 3677 9463 3702 9460



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