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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

133 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 730 AM CDT.



* AT 129 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT   

  FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND COUNTY ROADS WAS WORSENING 

  PARTICULARY IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE COUNTY.  



* ALHTOUGH THE RAIN HAD ENDED...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL

  IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING PRIMARILY OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND 

  SMALL STREAMS.



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.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3764 9409 3735 9412 3737 9461 3765 9461



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