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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

439 PM 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 1030 PM CDT.



* AT 430 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

  EARLIER EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS STILL PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSING WERE UNDER

  WATER IN BOTH OREGON AND SHANNON COUNTIES WITH WATER FLOWING OVER 

  THE ROADWAY IN WINONA.  FOUR ROADS WERE CLOSED IN WINONA

  DUE TO THE WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. SOME

  LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...THAYER...

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



WHILE NO RAIN IS CURRENTLY FALLING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...RUNOFF 

FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING HOURS.



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 3679 9166 3687 9162 3688 9166 3741 9165

      3741 9119 3720 9114 3716 9105 3713 9104

      3709 9107 3707 9123 3683 9124 3681 9112

      3650 9115 3651 9167



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