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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

504 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.



* AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES HAD FALLEN WITHIN  

  THE PAST HOUR ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF OZARK COUNTY...AND       

  STORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS.  IN ADDITION...OTHER 

  STORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH AND A HALF    

  PER HOUR WERE EXPANDING IN COVERAGE ACROSS SOUTHERN HOWELL COUNTY. 



* 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...BAKERSFIELD...GAINESVILLE...BRANDSVILLE...CAULFIELD...

  HARDENVILLE...ISABELLA...LANTON...LONG RUN...MOODY...PONTIAC...    

  SOUTH FORK AND SUNDOWN.



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.



LAT...LON 3668 9169 3650 9170 3651 9277 3668 9277



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