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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

209 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 815 AM CDT.



* AT 203 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      

  WARNED AREA.  WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SUGGESTED THAT NEARLY THREE

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FELL OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST NEWTON COUNTY...WHICH

  WILL RUNOFF IN SEVERAL CREEKS AND STREAMS WITHIN THE JONES CREEK   

  BASIN OF SOUTHEAST JASPER COUNTY.  FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS

  AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS BETWEEN FIDELITY AND SARCOXIE IS         

  EXPECTED.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING ACROSS NORTHERN OKLAHOMA

  AND SOUTHERN KANSAS...WHICH WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO JASPER COUNTY

  THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.  THIS WILL ONLY ADD TO THE 

  RAINFALL THAT HAS OCCURRED THUS FAR.  THEREFORE ALL OF JASPER

  COUNTY IS UNDER THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING

  INCLUDE...CARTHAGE...JOPLIN...AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...CARL

  JUNCTION...CARTERVILLE...DUENWEG...DUQUESNE...JASPER...ORONOGO...

  PURCELL...SARCOXIE AND WEBB CITY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 3734 9409 3729 9409 3729 9406 3706 9407

      3706 9462 3736 9461



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