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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

555 AM CDT THU SEP 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT.



* AT 550 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...OR 

  MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE   

  AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE WARNED AREA SINCE EARLIER     

  THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION...FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE NEOSHO    

  AREA AND SOME ROADS ARE WILL LIKELY BE CLOSED IN THE NEXT HOUR. 



  THE WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD      

  ADVISORY FOR GREENE AND NEWTON COUNTIES. IN ADDITION...LOCAL       

  STREAMS AROUND THE SPRINGFIELD AREA INDICATED A RISE OF THREE TO   

  EIGHT FEET ALONG WILSON CREEK AND SOUTH CREEK SINCE EARLY THIS     

  MORNING. THESE CREEKS WILL LIKELY BE RUNNING HIGH THROUGH THE      

  MORNING.  



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE 

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH  

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



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.



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 3737 9314 3713 9326 3693 9401 3677 9409

      3674 9463 3702 9461 3705 9408 3726 9407



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