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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1123 AM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT.



* AT 1122 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      

  WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MCDONALD AND     

  NEWTON COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS   

  UP TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OF      

  SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.



* 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.



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LAT...LON 3693 9463 3705 9462 3705 9407 3649 9408

      3649 9461



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