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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

255 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DENT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.



* AT 251 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT      

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED  

  AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES HAVE FALLEN TODAY     

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING.

  CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY

  SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS AN EXTENSION OF THE WARNING PREVIOUSLY 

IN EFFECT FOR DENT AND PHELPS COUNTIES.



AT 3 PM CDT...STATE ROUTE J NORTHWEST OF EDGAR SPRINGS...AND SEVERAL 

COUNTY ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.



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 3758 9117 3758 9131 3751 9131 3750 9121

      3742 9122 3741 9122 3748 9176 3760 9177

      3760 9203 3801 9203 3801 9197 3806 9191

      3805 9164 3816 9164 3816 9154 3780 9153

      3779 9132 3771 9131 3769 9116



$$



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