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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1117 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 500 PM CDT.



* AT 1105 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      

  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED UP TO 4 INCHES OF         

  RAINFALL HAS FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. THREE INCHES  

  OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC IN SOUTH SPRINGFIELD.  

  ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SLOW        

  MOVING STORM.



* 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.



THIS WARNING INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING LOW WATER

CROSSINGS...



EAST BUENA VISTA ROAD AT WARD BRANCH SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...

HIGHWAY 125 JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60...

FARM ROAD 164 AT THE JAMES RIVER JUST EAST OF SPRINGFIELD...

FARM ROAD 134 AT THE JAMES RIVER NORTHEAST OF TURNERS.





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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



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LAT...LON 3701 9351 3733 9308 3727 9307 3710 9307

      3701 9321



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