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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

639 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 AM CDT WEDNESDAY.



* AT 634 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE    

  WARNED AREA. MAJOR WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING OVER 

  EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN MISSOURI. MODERATE

  TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE

  INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR...WHILE LIGHTER RAIN IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST

  NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44.  



  THIS HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA...WHICH 

  IS FORECAST TO SHIFT OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED THIS 

  MAJOR FLOODING.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE       

  INCHES IS EXPECTED NEAR THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR...WITH UP TO AN

  ADDITIONAL FIVE INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED OVER FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING WIDESPREAD FLASH 

FLOODING. IT IS LIKELY THAT ANY AREAS THAT HAVE EVER FLOODED IN THE 

PAST ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44 WILL BE FLOODED OVERNIGHT.  

MORE LOCALIZED BUT STILL DEADLY FLOODING WILL OCCUR NORTH OF 

INTERSTATE 44...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FLOOD PRONE AREAS FROM 

PITTSBURG KANSAS THROUGH BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...CAMDENTON...AND ELDON 

AREAS.



THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES.  THIS IS AN 

EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION...ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO THE 

OVERNIGHT HOURS WHEN FLOODING IS DIFFICULT TO OBSERVE.  MOTORISTS 

SHOULD HAVE A HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AS THEY 

APPROACH LOW AREAS THAT CAN FLOOD.  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.



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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