

000 

WGUS53 KSGF 091037

FFWSGF

MOC097-119-145-091630-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

529 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT.



* AT 525 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE 

  WARNED AREA THROUGH 7 AM. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL 

  RATES OF ONE TO LOCALLY TWO INCHES PER HOUR WERE FALLING ACROSS 

  SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THESE STORMS WILL BE 

  MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN JASPER...NEWTON AND MCDONALD COUNTIES BY 6

  AM AND PRODUCE LOCALLY ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL. THE 

  GREATEST THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE 

  COMMUNITIES OF NEOSHO AND JOPLIN WHERE THE LOCAL CITIES ARE PRONE 

  TO FLASH FLOODING.  



* 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...CARTHAGE...JOPLIN...NEOSHO...PINEVILLE...AIRPORT DRIVE...

  ANDERSON...CARL JUNCTION...CARTERVILLE...DIAMOND...DUENWEG...

  DUQUESNE AND FAIRVIEW.



ALTHOUGH THE LOCAL AREA HAS BEEN IN A DROUGHT SINCE LAST 

YEAR...THESE STORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA ARE PRODUCING VERY HIGH 

RAINFALL RATES...AND WITH THE LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL WE HAVE HAD 

RECENTLY...FLASH FLOODING IS BECOME MORE OF A PROBLEM. 



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.



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 3722 9407 3650 9409 3649 9458 3723 9458



$$



JLT

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000 

WGUS53 KSGF 091037

FFWSGF

MOC097-119-145-091630-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

529 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT.



* AT 525 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE 

  WARNED AREA THROUGH 7 AM. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL 

  RATES OF ONE TO LOCALLY TWO INCHES PER HOUR WERE FALLING ACROSS 

  SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. THESE STORMS WILL BE 

  MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN JASPER...NEWTON AND MCDONALD COUNTIES BY 6

  AM AND PRODUCE LOCALLY ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL. THE 

  GREATEST THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE 

  COMMUNITIES OF NEOSHO AND JOPLIN WHERE THE LOCAL CITIES ARE PRONE 

  TO FLASH FLOODING.  



* 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...CARTHAGE...JOPLIN...NEOSHO...PINEVILLE...AIRPORT DRIVE...

  ANDERSON...CARL JUNCTION...CARTERVILLE...DIAMOND...DUENWEG...

  DUQUESNE AND FAIRVIEW.



ALTHOUGH THE LOCAL AREA HAS BEEN IN A DROUGHT SINCE LAST 

YEAR...THESE STORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA ARE PRODUCING VERY HIGH 

RAINFALL RATES...AND WITH THE LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL WE HAVE HAD 

RECENTLY...FLASH FLOODING IS BECOME MORE OF A PROBLEM. 



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.



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 3722 9407 3650 9409 3649 9458 3723 9458



$$



JLT

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