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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

542 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  TANEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...



* UNTIL NOON CDT.



* AT 540 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE 

  WARNED AREA. A LARGE AREA OF ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

  OVERNIGHT WITH LOCALIZED AREAS OF THREE INCHES NEAR JOPLIN...

  MOUNT VERNON AND BAXTER SPRINGS. RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEEN 

  AVERAGING BETWEEN ONE AND THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH PER HOUR SINCE

  MIDNIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. A LARGE AREA OF INCREASING

  RAINFALL RATES ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS 

  WILL MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI DURING 

  THE MORNING HOURS. THIS AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AND HIGHER

  RAINFALL RATES WILL LEAD TO MORE RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING. 



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.

  SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS WERE REPORTED FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE 

  THIS MORNING. 



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 3649 9461 3698 9463 3700 9508 3803 9508

      3804 9408 3757 9408 3757 9363 3742 9363

      3741 9307 3707 9307 3708 9291 3682 9292

      3680 9277 3650 9278



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