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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1136 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 530 PM CDT



* AT 1134 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A   

  THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. SPECIFICALLY...LOW LYING AREAS 

  ALONG NATIONAL AVENUE REPORTED EIGHT INCHES OF FLOWING WATER ON 

  THE ROADWAY. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL LIKELY DIMINISH 

  BY 1 PM...RUNOFF WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID TO LATE 

  AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS GREENE COUNTY. IN ADDITION...LOW WATER 

  CROSSINGS WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO RISE SIGNIFICANTLY. 

  THEREFORE...PLEASE BE AWARE OF SOME OF THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS 

  ACROSS THE SPRINGFIELD AREA THAT ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. AN 

  ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY ACROSS THE WARNED 

  AREA...WHICH WILL GIVE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO LOCALLY 

  FOUR INCHES ACROSS GREENE COUNTY BEFORE THE RAINFALL TAPERS OFF 

  THIS EVENING. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILLARD...

  I-44 NEAR MILE MARKER 80 AND FAIR GROVE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3710 9362 3711 9315 3741 9311 3741 9352



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000 

WGUS53 KSGF 171642

FFWSGF

MOC077-172230-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1136 AM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 530 PM CDT



* AT 1134 AM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A   

  THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. SPECIFICALLY...LOW LYING AREAS 

  ALONG NATIONAL AVENUE REPORTED EIGHT INCHES OF FLOWING WATER ON 

  THE ROADWAY. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL LIKELY DIMINISH 

  BY 1 PM...RUNOFF WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID TO LATE 

  AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS GREENE COUNTY. IN ADDITION...LOW WATER 

  CROSSINGS WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO RISE SIGNIFICANTLY. 

  THEREFORE...PLEASE BE AWARE OF SOME OF THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS 

  ACROSS THE SPRINGFIELD AREA THAT ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. AN 

  ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IS LIKELY ACROSS THE WARNED 

  AREA...WHICH WILL GIVE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO LOCALLY 

  FOUR INCHES ACROSS GREENE COUNTY BEFORE THE RAINFALL TAPERS OFF 

  THIS EVENING. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILLARD...

  I-44 NEAR MILE MARKER 80 AND FAIR GROVE



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3710 9362 3711 9315 3741 9311 3741 9352



$$



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