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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

249 AM CDT TUE APR 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT.



* AT 248 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      

  WARNED AREA. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED OVER AN INCH OF RAINFALL HAS      

  FALLEN OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BARTON COUNTY IN THE LAST     

  HOUR SINCE 2 AM CDT. GIVEN THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS THIS      

  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  LAMAR...VERDELLA...LIBERAL AND MINDENMINES.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO

NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3765 9461 3764 9408 3760 9408 3743 9409

      3743 9461



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