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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

430 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT.



* AT 430 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED TWO TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS   

  FALLEN BETWEEN RACINE AND LEAWOOD OVER THE PAST HOUR. 



* NEARLY STATIONARY 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...LOCATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 86...ROUTE P...ROUTE NN 

  AND ROUTE BB BETWEEN REDINGS MILL AND RACINE. 



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



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 3704 9427 3686 9429 3678 9461 3704 9462



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