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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

230 PM CDT MON AUG 22 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.



* AT 221 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLED       

  ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN MORGAN AND SOUTHWEST MILLER COUNTIES      

  WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. IN ADDITION...A WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTED IN 

  EXCESS OF AN INCH OF RAIN DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES NEAR GRAVOIS  

  MILLS.



* 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...STOVER...TUSCUMBIA...AURORA                              

  SPRINGS...BAGNELL...GRAVOIS MILLS...LAKELAND...ROCKY MOUNT AND     

  ULMAN. IN ADDITION...RURAL AREAS ACROSS SOUTHWEST MILLER AND       

  SOUTHERN MORGAN WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING.



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 3832 9253 3828 9235 3806 9236 3809 9247

      3809 9255 3821 9262 3823 9272 3822 9288

      3826 9301 3843 9302 3846 9299 3842 9288

      3835 9261



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