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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1245 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  CEDAR COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  DENT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  HICKORY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  LACLEDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  MILLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 700 PM CDT.



* AT 1255 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS...EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT..AND STATE HIGHWAY OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT FLASH 

FLOODING...EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA DUE TO 

CONTINUED HEAVY RAINFALL. LIFE THREATENING FLOODING WILL CONTINUE 

TODAY AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED ACROSS THE REGION. SEE 

THE MODOT WEB SITE AT WWW.MODOT.ORG AND KSDOT AT WWW.KSDOT.ORG FOR 

THE LATEST INFORMATION ON STATE ROADS. 



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING

  TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING        

  INCLUDE...AVA...CASSVILLE...EDGAR SPRINGS...HARTVILLE...

  MARSHFIELD...NEOSHO...OZARK...SPRINGFIELD AND WINONA.

  FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE WARNED AREA.



RIVERS AND CREEKS ARE EXPERIENCING SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY HIGH 

IMPACT FLOODING. WINONA...ROGERSVILLE AND IN BETWEEN CRANE AND 

GALENA ALONG HIGHWAY 413 IN STONE COUNTY ARE EVACUATING AT THIS 

TIME. COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE ASSESSING OTHER AREAS FOR POSSIBLE 

EVACUATIONS. 



WIDESPREAD THREE TO SIX INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 

MONDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IN COUNTIES ALONG THE INTERSTATE 

44 CORRIDOR. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE FALLEN IN A NARROW 

CORRIDOR JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 FROM PINEVILLE NORTHEAST TO 

OZARK...HARTVILLE...AND EDGAR SPRINGS WHERE FIVE TO SIX INCH AMOUNTS 

HAVE OCCURRED. OTHER AREAS IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM WEST 

PLAINS TO EMINENCE HAVE ALSO RECEIVED RAINFALL OF OVER 4 INCHES. 



MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO TRACK NORTHEAST FROM EASTERN 

OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS THROUGH SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST 

MISSOURI. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE 

THROUGH 7 PM FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44. AN 

ADDITIONAL INCH TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE FOR AREAS TO THE 

NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44. A MAGNITUDE OF FLOODING NOT EXPERIENCED IN 

RECENT YEARS IS LIKELY WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLS. NUMEROUS ROADS 

WILL REMAIN CLOSED FOR DAYS WITH ROAD DAMAGE LIKELY.  



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF 

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN 

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



MONITOR RELIABLE LOCAL NEWS SOURCES FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION 

CONCERNING POSSIBLE EVACUATIONS OF LOW LYING AREAS. 



LAT...LON 3708 9122 3650 9114 3649 9461 3700 9461

      3700 9507 3767 9509 3768 9462 3806 9462

      3804 9408 3822 9405 3822 9353 3851 9352

      3854 9308 3870 9306 3834 9240 3830 9166

      3780 9153 3769 9116 3751 9131 3714 9102



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