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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1259 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  NORTHEASTERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT.



* AT 1257 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      

  WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN 

  REPORTED WITHIN THESE STORMS.



* 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.



AT 1250 PM CDT...TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR 

ONE MILE SOUTH OF MANES.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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 3726 9166 3728 9255 3746 9255 3748 9176

      3742 9176 3742 9165



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