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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1126 AM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 530 PM CDT FRIDAY.



* AT 1124 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      

  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT AROUND ONE INCH OF   

  RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY WITH IN THE PAST HOUR.   

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA    

  THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...RESULTING IN AN ADDITIONAL ONE 

  TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY.



* 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.



MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO 

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER 

TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A 

VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3734 9409 3729 9409 3729 9406 3705 9406

      3706 9462 3736 9462



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