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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

849 PM CDT THU APR 17 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT FRIDAY.



* AT 848 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL THAT EXTENDS FROM    

  SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...BACK INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA.  THIS RAINFALL   

  CONTINUES TO EXPAND WITH TIME...AND WILL TRAIN OVER                

  JASPER...NEWTON...AND MCDONALD COUNTIES THROUGH THE EVENING.  DUE TO

  SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS FROM RECENT RAINFALL...ENHANCED RUNOFF IS

  EXPECTED...WHICH WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND

  CREEKS.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  CARTHAGE...JOPLIN...NEOSHO...PINEVILLE...AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...

  ANDERSON...CARL JUNCTION...CARTERVILLE...DIAMOND...DUENWEG...

  DUQUESNE...FAIRVIEW...GOODMAN AND GRANBY.



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.



LAT...LON 3650 9462 3736 9461 3734 9409 3729 9409

      3729 9406 3719 9406 3649 9408 3648 9457



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