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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

659 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DENT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  EASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  PULASKI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  SOUTHEASTERN LACLEDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  SOUTHERN BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  SOUTHERN MARIES COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL NOON CDT.



* AT 657 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

AREA. MAJOR WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING OVER   

SOUTHERN MISSOURI. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS 

SOUTHERN MISSOURI...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER OF 

AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE THROUGH THE 

MORNING HOURS.



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

IS LIKELY THAT ANY AREAS THAT HAVE FLOODED IN THE PAST...SOUTH OF 

INTERSTATE 44...WILL REMAIN FLOODED THIS MORNING. SOME LOCATIONS 

THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...AVA...BRANSON... 

FORSYTH...FORT LEONARD WOOD...HIGHLANDVILLE...HOUSTON...KIMBERLING 

CITY...LEBANON...MARSHFIELD...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MOUNTAIN 

VIEW...OZARK...ROLLA...SALEM AND THAYER.



THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES.  THIS IS AN 

EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION.  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.





MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.



LAT...LON 3708 9122 3685 9123 3682 9119 3651 9115

      3652 9408 3709 9307 3802 9241 3808 9168

      3815 9162 3815 9155 3780 9153 3774 9131

      3771 9131 3769 9116 3758 9125 3758 9131

      3751 9131 3731 9115 3721 9113 3714 9102



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