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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

624 PM CDT MON MAY 22 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT.



* AT 621 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED 

  OVER SECTIONS OF NORTHWEST BARRY COUNTY...SOUTHWEST LAWRENCE

  COUNTY...AND EXTREME EASTERN NEWTON COUNTY.  THIS HEAVY RAIN HAS

  OCCURRED OVER THE HEAD WATERS OF SHOAL CREEK.  THIS CREEK FLOWS 

  INTO THE CITY OF NEOSHO...AND DECENT RISES IN WATER LEVELS ARE 

  EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



* 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...MONETT...NEOSHO...DIAMOND...GRANBY...PIERCE CITY...

  NEWTONIA...PIONEER...RITCHEY...STARK CITY AND WENTWORTH.



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 9392 3681 9388 3684 9445 3705 9446



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