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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

400 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 700 PM CDT.



* AT 350 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED IN EXCESS OF AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAINFALL 

  HAD OCCURRED JUST WEST OF THOMASVILLE WITHIN THE PAST 45 MINUTES.  

  RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE RISING WATERS ALONG LOW WATER 

  CROSSINGS NEAR THOMASVILLE.  SPECIFICALLY...THE LOW WATER CROSSING 

  ON HIGHWAY 99 ALONG THE MIDDLE FORK WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE RAPIDLY 

  RISING WATER.



* 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...THOMASVILLE.



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 3680 9151 3676 9153 3674 9161 3680 9160



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