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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

726 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 130 PM CDT TUESDAY.



* AT 722 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  SPECIFICALLY...AREAS AROUND MONETT ARE FLOODING WITH NUMEROUS 

  STREETS FLOODED OR CLOSED DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. LOCALLY 1.50

  INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ALONG THE BARRY...LAWRENCE COUNTY LINE 

  SINCE 6 AM WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE 

  BEFORE IT TAPERS OFF THIS MORNING. THIS IS AN UPGRADE TO THE URBAN

  AND SMALL STREAMS FLOOD ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THESE 

  COUNTIES EARLIER. 



* EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN MONETT. 



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 3712 9362 3683 9362 3685 9406 3713 9406



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