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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1008 PM CDT THU AUG 28 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PHELPS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT.

* AT 1001 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2
  INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF ROLLA.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ROLLA...DOOLITTLE...NEWBURG AND ST. JAMES. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW
  WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF
  FLASH FLOODING.

URBAN FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A PARTICULAR THREAT IN THE CITY OF
ROLLA AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER THE CITY. BE
ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AS FLOODED ROADWAYS ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO
SEE AT NIGHT.

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.

LAT...LON 3778 9178 3784 9203 3801 9203 3801 9197
      3804 9195 3804 9193 3806 9191 3805 9164
      3816 9164 3816 9154 3816 9153 3779 9153

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