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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

845 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 245 PM CDT.



* AT 840 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED   

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED 

  AREA...WITH FLOODING OCCURRING AROUND THE AVA AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

  ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE HALF...TO LOCALLY ONE INCH OF RAIN FELL 

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA SINCE 8 AM. HOWEVER...LOCAL OBSERVERS 

  ACROSS DOUGLAS COUNTY HAVE REPORTED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH 

  SINCE 8 AM. AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF...TO LOCALLY ONE INCH OF RAIN 

  WILL FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 10 AM. MOST OF THE 

  RAINFALL WILL TAPER OFF BY 1030 AM...BUT THE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE.



* 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...AVA...BRUSHYKNOB...DOGWOOD...DRURY...GENTRYVILLE...

  GOODHOPE...ROME...SQUIRES AND VANZANT.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3704 9213 3681 9212 3682 9286 3706 9284



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