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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

233 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.



* AT 227 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 

  NORTHEAST HOWELL COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVIEST 

  RAINFALL WAS ALONG THE HEADWATERS OF THE JACKS FORK RIVER WHICH 

  WILL LIKELY CAUSE THE RIVER AND SOME OF THE SMALLER TRIBUTARIES TO 

  RISE RAPIDLY IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. SPECIFICALLY...A LOW WATER 

  CROSSING ON ROUTE Y...NORTHWEST OF MOUNTAIN VIEW IS LIKELY 

  IMPASSABLE AT THIS TIME. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATED

  THAT THE INTENSITY OF THE RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING IN 

  THE MOUNTAIN VIEW AREA VERY SOON. REMEMBER...IF YOU SEE WATER OVER 

  THE ROADWAY AHEAD OF YOU...TURN AROUND AND DO NOT DROWN



* 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...MOUNTAIN VIEW...PEACE VALLEY...POMONA AND WHITE CHURCH.



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 3705 9167 3681 9169 3682 9192 3705 9194



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