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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

253 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  EASTERN POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  LACLEDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  NORTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 900 PM CST.



* AT 248 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SLOW

  MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED    

  AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE BEEN       

  OBSERVED ON WEATHER SERVICE RADAR OVER SOUTHERN POLK AND           

  SOUTHWESTERN LACLEDE COUNTIES WITH THESE STORMS. THESE             

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRAIN NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THIS    

  AFTERNOON AND FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED FOR COUNTIES NORTHEAST IN 

  THE WARNED AREA.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  BUFFALO...FORT LEONARD WOOD...LEBANON...MARSHFIELD...WAYNESVILLE...

  CONWAY...CROCKER...DIGGINS...DIXON...FORDLAND...NIANGUA...PLEASANT

  HOPE...RICHLAND...ROGERSVILLE AND ST. ROBERT.





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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3709 9307 3742 9307 3745 9343 3779 9333

      3779 9317 3788 9316 3788 9265 3802 9238

      3800 9203 3764 9210 3760 9214 3761 9225

      3749 9227 3708 9293



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