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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

428 PM CDT THU APR 3 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  OZARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.



* AT 426 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

 A DEVELOPING AREA OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY   

RAINFALL ENTERING SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO   

NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA. THIS ACTIVITY WILL 

CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI WITHIN THE NEXT FEW 

HOURS. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES AROUND ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED... 

WITH ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL EXPECTED THIS EVENING.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  AVA...BRANSON...CASSVILLE...FORSYTH...HIGHLANDVILLE...KIMBERLING

  CITY...NIXA...OZARK...BAKERSFIELD...BILLINGS...CLEVER...CRANE...

  EXETER...GAINESVILLE AND GALENA.



AS LITTLE AS ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN WILL RESULT IN RAPID FLOODING OF 

LOW LYING AREAS NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS AS WELL AS LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS. 



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 3692 9382 3692 9362 3710 9361 3705 9209

      3649 9213 3649 9408



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