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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1100 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT WEDNESDAY.



* AT 1050 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  AREAS HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AN AUTOMATED RAIN     

  GAUGE NEAR NEOSHO RECEIVED 1.23 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 930 PM AND   

  1030 PM. ADJUSTED DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED INDICATE THAT PORTIONS   

  OF NEWTON AND MCDONALD COUNTIES HAVE PICKED UP NEARLY 2 INCHES OF  

  RAIN SINCE MID EVENING.



* AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.      

  RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING                

  INCLUDE...NEOSHO...PINEVILLE...ANDERSON...DIAMOND...GOODMAN...     

  GRANBY...LANAGAN...NOEL...SOUTH WEST CITY...NEWTONIA...POWELL AND  

  RITCHEY.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT FLASH FLOODING IS 

OCCURRING AT THIS TIME IN NEOSHO AND ROADS ARE BEING BARRACADED CLOSED.



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 3705 9406 3650 9416 3650 9462 3706 9436



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