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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

120 AM CDT FRI MAY 26 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT.



* AT 120 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS FAR EASTERN 

  BARRY COUNTY WITH AROUND ONE INCH COMMON ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF 

  THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH WILL

  BE LIKELY AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY.



* 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...JENKINS...MADRY...AND MCDOWELL.



  FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG JENKINS AND LITTLE FLAT 

  CREEKS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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 3690 9364 3650 9362 3651 9407 3692 9405



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