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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1237 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT.



* AT 1232 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING

  INCLUDE...NEOSHO...DIAMOND...FAIRVIEW...GRANBY...I-44 NEAR MILE

  MARKER 10...LEAWOOD...SAGINAW...SHOAL CREEK DRIVE...SILVER CREEK...

  CLIFF VILLAGE...DENNIS ACRES AND NEWTONIA.



BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN THUS FAR. AN 

ADDITIONAL TWO AND FOUR INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA 

AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUALLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA OVER THE NEXT 

SEVERAL HOURS.



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.



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 3705 9407 3675 9408 3676 9462 3706 9462



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