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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

533 PM CDT MON AUG 20 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  LACLEDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.



* AT 530 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING  

  FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE 

  WARNED AREA. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES 5 TO 7       

  INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY AND

  NORTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 6 TO 8 INCHES WERE

  OBSERVED ON WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN EASTERN LACLEDE COUNTY.

  RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH   

  FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN        

  EXTENDED UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING.



  AS OF 530 PM THIS EVENING LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THE OUTER 

  ROAD OFF INTERSTATE 44 AT ROUTE N CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. OTHER

  ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN LACLEDE COUNTY ARE ROUTE BB AT     

  ROUTE F AND ROUTE FF AT ROUTE T.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  CAMDENTON...LEBANON...MOUNTAIN GROVE...OSAGE BEACH...CONWAY...

  HARTVILLE...MACKS CREEK...MANSFIELD...NORWOOD AND VILLAGE OF FOUR

  SEASONS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. 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.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3708 9268 3747 9269 3749 9284 3788 9285

      3790 9307 3826 9308 3817 9301 3822 9296

      3822 9294 3820 9297 3821 9265 3806 9258

      3801 9252 3801 9241 3771 9242 3765 9226

      3706 9227



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