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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

802 PM CDT MON MAY 22 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* AT 758 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 CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY...MAINLY IN RURAL AREAS EAST

  OF ANDERSON AND PINEVILLE.  THIS HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING OVER THE

  ELK RIVER BASIN...OVER SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS THAT FEED INTO THE

  ELK RIVER.  THESE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...ALONG WITH THE

  ELK RIVER WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RISES IN WATER LEVELS

  OVER 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...PINEVILLE...ANDERSON...GOODMAN...LANAGAN AND NOEL.



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 3675 9427 3649 9415 3650 9461 3669 9462

      3675 9449



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