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000 

WGUS53 KSGF 031918

FFWSGF

MOC149-040115-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

215 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.



* AT 213 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 100  

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

  COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS 

  ALONG THE HEADWATERS OF THE ELEVEN POINT RIVER WHICH WILL LIKELY

  CAUSE THE RIVER AND SOME OF THE SMALLER TRIBUTARIES TO RISE 

  RAPIDLY IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. ANYONE ALONG THE ELEVEN POINT

  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...THAYER...ALTON...COUCH...GREER...MYRTLE...ROVER...

  THOMASVILLE AND WILDERNESS.



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.



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 3686 9123 3650 9115 3650 9164 3687 9165



$$



JLT

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000 

WGUS53 KSGF 031918

FFWSGF

MOC149-040115-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

215 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.



* AT 213 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 100  

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

  COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS 

  ALONG THE HEADWATERS OF THE ELEVEN POINT RIVER WHICH WILL LIKELY

  CAUSE THE RIVER AND SOME OF THE SMALLER TRIBUTARIES TO RISE 

  RAPIDLY IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. ANYONE ALONG THE ELEVEN POINT

  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...THAYER...ALTON...COUCH...GREER...MYRTLE...ROVER...

  THOMASVILLE AND WILDERNESS.



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.



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 3686 9123 3650 9115 3650 9164 3687 9165



$$



JLT

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