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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1132 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



* AT 1131 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS EASTERN 

MCDONALD COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF ONE TO TWO AND HALF INCHES OF 

RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN MCDONALD COUNTY. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. 



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

  OCCUR. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY

  SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.



FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ON BIG SUGAR CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.  



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS AN EXPANSION OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

ISSUED EARLIER FOR SOUTHEAST MCDONALD COUNTY.



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.



IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...OR 

CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS 

SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS...AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3649 9451 3676 9451 3675 9432 3676 9416

      3675 9416 3675 9408 3666 9408 3665 9422

      3649 9422



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