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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
107 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...
  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY.

* AT 1255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
THAT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL MOVE 
ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED HOURLY RAINFALL 
RATES EXCEEDING 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AS THESE STORMS MOVE OVER 
AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 2 TO 4 INCHES. 

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS AND LIFE 
THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS 
WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. 
MANY ROADS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE FLOODED AND CLOSED. STREAMS 
WILL RISE RAPIDLY.

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

HIGHWAY 43 AT BUFFALO CREEK WEST OF ANDERSON...
NORTH MAIN AND MURPHY BOULEVARD IN JOPLIN...
BUSINESS HIGHWAY 60 JUST NORTH OF NEOSHO...
HIGHWAY 37 AT THE SPRING RIVER SOUTHWEST OF AVILLA...
HIGHWAY 7 AT LITTLE CHERRY CREEK NORTH OF COLUMBUS.

ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF RAINFALL ARE FORECAST FOR THE REGION THROUGH 
TONIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3650 9463 3699 9463 3700 9508 3734 9508
      3734 9462 3737 9459 3735 9408 3719 9405
      3649 9408

$$

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