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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1052 PM CST SAT FEB 16 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DENT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  EASTERN PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 400 AM CST.



* AT 1046 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO   

  OCCUR ALONG SMALL STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AND OTHER POOR 

  DRAINAGE AREAS.



AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM SUNDAY.



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 3708 9122 3683 9122 3682 9111 3649 9113

      3649 9268 3764 9183 3782 9178 3806 9153

      3780 9153 3779 9132 3771 9131 3769 9116

      3758 9119 3759 9131 3751 9131 3750 9121

      3742 9122 3742 9118 3721 9113 3712 9101



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