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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

130 AM CST TUE JAN 8 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  NORTHERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  SOUTHEASTERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 800 AM CST.



* AT 123 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED  

  AREA. SEVERAL ROADS ACROSS BARRY COUNTY ARE FLOODED WITH AT LEAST  

  ONE WATER RESCUE PERFORMED. HIGHWAY 125 SOUTH OF STRAFFORD IN      

  GREENE COUNTY IS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC. NUMEROUS CITY AND COUNTY       

  ROADS ACROSS GREENE COUNTY ARE WATER COVERED AND IMPASSABLE. AN    

  ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED    

  AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNT POSSIBLE. 



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

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

  BATTLEFIELD...CASSVILLE...HIGHLANDVILLE...MONETT...MOUNT VERNON...

  NIXA...OZARK...PINEVILLE...REPUBLIC...SPRINGFIELD...STRAFFORD...

  ANDERSON...BILLINGS AND CLEVER.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO

NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3665 9461 3700 9406 3736 9324 3741 9307

      3708 9308 3708 9291 3702 9290 3650 9406

      3650 9460



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