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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

102 AM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT.



* AT 1 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN 

  ACROSS SOUTHEAST BENTON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND

  ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE.



* 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...EDWARDS...FRISTOE...HASTAIN...AND ZORA. FLASH FLOODING 

  WILL OCCUR ALONG TURKEY CREEK IN SOUTHEAST BENTON COUNTY.



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 3852 9309 3806 9308 3807 9350 3852 9334



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