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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

248 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 845 AM CDT.



* AT 247 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      

  WARNED AREA.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN OCCURRED OVER RURAL BARRY COUNTY

  BETWEEN THE PURDY AND BUTTERFIELD AREAS.  WEATHER SERVICE RADAR

  SUGGESTS THAT NEARLY THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FELL WITHIN THE PAST

  HOUR.  THESE HEAVY RAINFALL RATES WILL LIKELY CAUSE LOW WATER 

  CROSSINGS TO BECOME DANGEROUS AND IMPASSABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER

  LOW LYING ROADS PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE PURDY AND BUTTERFIELD 

  AREA.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING          

  INCLUDE...PURDY AND BUTTERFIELD.



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 3692 9363 3682 9363 3682 9359 3650 9360

      3650 9408 3693 9407



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