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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

757 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT THURSDAY.



* AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE APPROACHING     

  ONE AND A HALF INCHES WITHIN THE PAST HOUR ACROSS MAINLY           

  SOUTHERN PORTIONS WRIGHT COUNTY.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE 

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH  

  FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ACROSS LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME    

  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING   INCLUDE...MOUNTAIN       

  GROVE...HARTVILLE...MANSFIELD...NORWOOD...                         

  DAWSON...GRAFF...MANES AND ODIN.  



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.



LAT...LON 3747 9226 3707 9226 3707 9250 3711 9267

      3728 9268 3748 9244



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