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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

144 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 745 PM CDT.



* AT 139 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED NEARLY THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 1230 

  PM...WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS SHANNON 

  COUNTY THROUGH 3 PM. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS ALONG 

  THE HEADWATERS OF THE JACKS FORK RIVER WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE THE 

  JACKS FORK AND SOME OF THE SMALLER TRIBUTARIES TO RISE RAPIDLY IN 

  THE NEXT HOUR TO TWO. ANYONE ALONG THE JACKS FORK RIVER SHOULD 

  MONITOR THE RIVER CLOSELY AND BE PREPARE TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND 

  IF NECESSARY. 



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...BIRCH TREE...EMINENCE...WINONA...AKERS...ALLEY SPRING...

  MONTIER...ROUND SPRING...TERESITA AND WEST EMINENCE.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE 

YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME 

KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR 

CREEKS.



LAT...LON 3740 9132 3690 9134 3690 9168 3740 9164



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