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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

240 PM CDT MON OCT 8 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.



* AT 236 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      

  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN ONE AND ONE HALF 

  INCHES AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED      

  AREA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE      

  THROUGH 430 PM.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

  OCCUR. FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF

  NORTHWESTERN SHANNON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF ROUND SPRING

  AND AKERS.



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 3741 9133 3718 9135 3718 9167 3742 9165



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