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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1219 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN KANSAS.

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN KANSAS.

  JASPER COUNTY IN MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 615 AM CDT.



* AT 1217 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS     

  FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA SINCE 11 PM. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE    

  INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER     

  AMOUNTS. ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN DRY LATELY...CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT ARE

  BECOMING FAVORABLE FOR WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING AS ADDITIONAL 

  THUNDERSTORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL

  HOURS. 



* SLOW MOVING 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...JOPLIN...PITTSBURG...AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...ARCADIA...

  ARMA...CARL JUNCTION...CARTERVILLE...CARTHAGE...CHEROKEE...COLUMBUS

  AND DUENWEG.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3764 9461 3734 9462 3734 9409 3704 9408

      3705 9461 3700 9506 3765 9507



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