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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1008 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



* AT 1001 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      

  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2         

  INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF ROLLA.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  ROLLA...DOOLITTLE...NEWBURG AND ST. JAMES. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW

  WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF

  FLASH FLOODING.



URBAN FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A PARTICULAR THREAT IN THE CITY OF 

ROLLA AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER THE CITY. BE 

ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AS FLOODED ROADWAYS ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO 

SEE AT NIGHT.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



LAT...LON 3778 9178 3784 9203 3801 9203 3801 9197

      3804 9195 3804 9193 3806 9191 3805 9164

      3816 9164 3816 9154 3816 9153 3779 9153



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