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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

506 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  ST. CLAIR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT SUNDAY.



* AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE       

  TRACKING AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS ST. CLAIR AND BENTON         

  COUNTIES.  THIS RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING...AS SOIL          

  MOISTURE LEVELS REMAIN ELEVATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL.            

  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...AS STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS 

  COULD RANGE FROM TWO TO FIVE INCHES ACROSS THE 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.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3854 9307 3806 9307 3807 9351 3792 9352

      3792 9358 3783 9358 3783 9382 3789 9383

      3790 9407 3822 9404 3822 9353 3852 9351

      3851 9329 3854 9327



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