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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

358 AM CDT WED JUN 10 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  POLK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.



* AT 356 AM CDT...POLK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING 

NEAR THE PLEASANT HOPE AREA.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN FROM 

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS POLK COUNTY WILL ONLY ENHANCE THIS FLOODING.  

OTHER AREAS OF POLK COUNTY COULD ALSO FLOOD AS AN ADDITIONAL ONE 

INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.



* 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.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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 3781 9358 3781 9353 3779 9320 3773 9320

      3773 9318 3745 9318 3742 9319 3742 9363

      3774 9362 3775 9364 3783 9363 3783 9358



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