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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

829 AM CDT SAT AUG 26 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 230 PM CDT SATURDAY



* AT 820 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOUTH FORK



UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED 

AREA DURING THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES 

ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS RAINFALL HAS BEEN GREATEST 

NEAR A LOW WATER CROSSING LOCATED ON HIGHWAY K NEAR HIGHWAY 160. 



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.



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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3650 9213 3650 9169 3705 9166 3705 9181

      3676 9211



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