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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1048 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 445 PM CDT.



* AT 1045 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL SPREADING ACROSS THE 

  WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THIS MORNING HAVE RANGED 

  FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE 

  INCH IS LIKELY. 



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...

  THAYER...ALTON...BIRCH TREE...EMINENCE AND WINONA.



MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE ALREADY RUNNING NEAR BANKFULL. ANY 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.



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 3739 9118 3650 9119 3650 9167 3740 9163



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