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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

701 PM CDT WED AUG 6 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT.



* AT 652 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE       

  TRACKING SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL   

  OVER FAR SOUTHERN HOWELL COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS FELL

  NEAR THE MOODY AREA.  RADAR IS ESTIMATING THAT OVER TWO INCHES 

  HAS ALREADY OCCURRED...WHILE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY

  CONTINUE TO IMPACT THIS WARNED AREA.



* 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.



BENNETTS RIVER...APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES WEST OF MOODY...TYPICALLY 

FLOODS A LOW WATER CROSSING ON HIGHWAY 142.  MOTORISTS PLANNING TRAVEL

ALONG HIGHWAY 142 SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING BENNETTS 

RIVER.  WHEN FLOODED...THIS LOW WATER CROSSING HAS A LONG HISTORY OF 

BEING VERY DANGEROUS TO MOTORISTS.



IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



LAT...LON 3649 9213 3664 9212 3665 9198 3664 9169

      3659 9168 3658 9169 3649 9169



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