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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1246 AM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  LACLEDE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT.



* AT 1240 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING NORTHWARD OVER MUCH OF DALLAS 

AND NORTHWEST LACLEDE COUNTY.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL THEN 

RETURN TO THE AREA AS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN 

ARKANSAS TRACK BACK INTO THE WARNED AREA PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL TWO 

TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN. 



* 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.



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 3711 9305 3716 9307 3741 9307 3742 9315

      3743 9316 3787 9318 3786 9261 3780 9255

      3784 9249 3783 9245 3785 9241 3771 9241

      3764 9226 3709 9226



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