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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

509 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.



* AT 501 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT IN EXCESS OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAD      

  FALLEN IN THE PAST 45 MINUTES ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL      

  WEBSTER COUNTY.  RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL   

  FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS.   

  THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN      

  EFFECT.



* 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...MARSHFIELD...I-44 NEAR MILE MARKER 100...NIANGUA...

  ELKLAND...NORTHVIEW AND RADER.



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 3748 9270 3733 9270 3721 9275 3721 9295

      3728 9307 3729 9307 3733 9307 3739 9307

      3741 9307 3749 9307



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