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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

925 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT MONDAY.



* AT 920 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER 

  OF VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE BOLIVAR AND    

  BUFFALO AREAS SOUTH TO THE FAIR GROVE AND MARSHFIELD AREAS.        

  RAINFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR WERE OCCURRING IN SOME AREAS. 

  THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ALSO PRODUCED FIVE TO LOCALLY TEN INCHES 

  OF RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA FROM NORTHERN AND         

  SOUTHERN DADE COUNTIES EAST INTO PARTS OF GREENE AND POLK          

  COUNTIES. AREAS FROM MILLER EAST TO ASH GROVE...EUDORA...AND       

  MORRISVILLE HAVE BEEN VERY HARD HIT WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF       

  FLOODING. 



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. 



THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND FLOODING. 



SOME REPORTS INCLUDE:



A WATER RESCUE IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS ON HIGHWAY 123 SOUTH OF 

EUDORA. 



STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN WALNUT GROVE, WITH             

SOME OF THE FLOOD WATERS AFFECTING A LOCAL BANK.



THE BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY W NEAR THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 123             

AND 215 WEST OF EUDORA IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOOD WATERS OF             

TURKEY CREEK. 



NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING IN NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY ALONG 

HIGHWAY 96. 



A RAINFALL REPORT FROM COOPERATIVE OBSERVER IN MILLER OF 11.94 

INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF OVER 

SIX INCHES OF RAIN IN LAWRENCE...DADE...GREENE...AND POLK COUNTIES 

THIS MORNING. 



SEE LOCAL STORM REPORTS FROM WFO SPRINGFIELD FOR ADDITIONAL REPORTS. 



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 3777 9306 3746 9269 3710 9270 3710 9459

      3736 9406 3781 9405



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