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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

901 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN KANSAS.



* UNTIL 100 PM CDT.



* AT 858 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ROADWAYS  

  BEGINNING TO FLOOD ACROSS WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY.  RAINFALL IN    

  EXCESS OF AN INCH AS BEEN OBSERVED WITHIN THE PAST HOUR.



* 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...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...GALENA...SCAMMON...WEIR...

  WEST MINERAL...CRESTLINE...FAULKNER...HALLOWELL...LAWTON...LOWELL

  AND MELROSE.



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.



LAT...LON 3731 9463 3700 9464 3701 9505 3733 9505



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