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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

935 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT.



* AT 932 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT   

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLOODING ACROSS SOUTHERN 

  PORTIONS OF HOWELL COUNTY.



* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS

  ACROSS SOUTHERN HOWELL COUNTY.



A HEAVY BAND OF RAINFALL PRODUCING HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF A HALF 

INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH WILL MOVE THROUGH HOWELL COUNTY 

AND ADD TO THE LOW WATER FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING.  WHILE THE 

HEAVY RAINFALL SHOULD END BY 1030 PM...FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE 

THROUGH A GOOD PART OF THE NIGHT.



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.



LAT...LON 3705 9169 3651 9170 3651 9209 3705 9208



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