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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1024 AM CDT THU SEP 15 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 430 PM CDT.



* AT 1021 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS  

  THAT WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT HOWELL AND OREGON COUNTIES. DOPPLER      

  RADAR ESTIMATED THAT PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI HAVE

  RECEIVED UP TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN SINCE TUESDAY NIGHT.  AN 

  ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS THIS AREA

  OF HEAVY RAIN AFFECTS THE REGION.



* SOILS HAVE BECOME NEARLY SATURATED OVER THE WARNED AREA...AND      

  RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING                

  INCLUDE...WEST PLAINS...ALTON...MOUNTAIN                           

  VIEW...THAYER...WILLOW SPRINGS...BRANDSVILLE...COUCH...GREER...

  KOSHKONONG...MOODY...PEACE VALLEY AND POMONA.



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 3703 9169 3687 9169 3687 9126 3681 9126

      3680 9115 3651 9115 3652 9210 3703 9207



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