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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

314 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 915 AM CDT.



* AT 311 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 NORTHEAST NEWTON COUNTY.  FLOODING OF LOW 

  WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ALONG JONES CREEK IS     

  EXPECTED.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING ACROSS NORTHERN         

  OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHERN KANSAS...WHICH WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO NEWTON  

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

  THE RAINFALL THAT HAS OCCURRED THUS FAR.  THEREFORE ALL OF NEWTON

  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...NEOSHO...DIAMOND...FAIRVIEW...GRANBY...LEAWOOD...

  SAGINAW...SHOAL CREEK DRIVE AND SILVER CREEK.



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 3704 9407 3675 9408 3677 9462 3706 9462



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