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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

616 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  SOUTHERN VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  WESTERN DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.



* AT 610 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      

  WARNED AREA...EXTENDING FROM LIBERAL TO JASPER TO MAPLE GROVE. 



* 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.



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT WATER WAS BEGINNING TO 

ACCUMULATE ON HIGHWAY 160 JUST WEST OF LAMAR.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3785 9462 3767 9411 3743 9401 3712 9377

      3735 9462



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