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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1231 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARTON COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN KANSAS.

  DADE COUNTY IN MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT.



* AT 1227 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

  FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED 

  AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH   

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

  INCLUDE...PITTSBURG...ARMA...FRONTENAC...GOLDEN CITY... 

  GREENFIELD...AND LAMAR.



LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY KANSAS REPORTED THAT 

FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ON COUNTY ROAD 210 NEAR ARMA...AND COUNTY 

ROAD 260 NEAR PITTSBURG. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...AS WELL 

AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3757 9362 3729 9364 3731 9407 3735 9408

      3736 9503 3767 9503 3763 9411 3758 9409



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