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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1002 PM CDT SUN MAR 13 2016

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR EASTERN AND CENTRAL SPRINGFIELD...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT MONDAY

* AT 958 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLASH
  FLOODING ONGOING OVER EASTERN AND CENTRAL SPRINGFIELD. THE
  HEADWATERS REGION OF JORDAN CREEK HAS BEEN IMPACTED THE MOST...AND
  WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. UP
  TO 60 WATER RESCUES HAVE BEEN PERFORMED.

  RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS.
  HOWEVER...AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE.

  THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR EASTERN AND CENTRAL
  SPRINGFIELD.

* CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.
  LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  SPRINGFIELD...                    STRAFFORD...
  TURNERS...                        GALLOWAY...

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.

NUMEROUS HOMES AND BUSINESSES WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE ORDINARILY IN SAFE
LOCATIONS DURING PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD EVENTS ARE NOW IN A
LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOOD SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3710 9333 3716 9335 3731 9329 3733 9308
      3709 9310

$$

CRAMER
