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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

607 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.



* AT 600 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MINOR 

  FLOODING ON HIGHWAYS A AND T IN BARTON COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE 

  HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED NORTHWARD...ANOTHER BAND OF LIGHT TO 

  MODERATE RAINFALL WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT BARTON COUNTY BY 8 PM AND 

  POSSIBILITY PRODUCE ANOTHER ONE HALF TO LOCALLY ONE INCH OF RAIN. 

  THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE 

  WIDESPREAD FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY DUE TO SATURATED GROUNDS 

  FROM PREVIOUSLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES. 



* LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

  INCLUDE...LAMAR...LIBERAL...MINDENMINES...BOSTON AND HANNON. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3763 9408 3737 9411 3737 9461 3764 9461



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