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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1137 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT.



* AT 1133 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER AN INCH OF RAIN FELL ALREADY     

  THIS EVENING...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN 

  LIKELY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH   FLOODING TO 

  OCCUR. LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS ACROSS MCDONALD   

  COUNTY WILL LIKELY BECOME INUNDATED WITH WATER AND IMPASSABLE      

  OVERNIGHT.



&&



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 3676 9462 3649 9462 3649 9407 3676 9407



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