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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

859 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 245 PM CDT



* AT 855 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED 

  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF 

  OREGON COUNTY SINCE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SOME LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN 

  OREGON COUNTY HAD RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF SIX INCHES. 



  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL HAD FALLEN SINCE 7 AM...AGGRAVATING 

  THE EXISTING FLOODING. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED 

  FLOODING ON SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS. LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE AT

  PARTICULAR RISK OF FLOODING.



* STREAMS THAT WILL LIKELY FLOOD INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  FREDERICK CREEK...SPRING RIVER...AND TRIBUTARIES OF THE ELEVEN 

  POINT RIVER. RAPID AND SIGNIFICANT RISES WILL OCCUR ON THE ELEVEN 

  POINT RIVER. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL 

AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE WARNING PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3650 9169 3649 9113 3682 9113 3683 9123

      3688 9122 3688 9168



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