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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

115 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 715 AM CDT.



* AT 112 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL  

  AROUND THE COMMUNITIES OF MCCUNE...CHEROKEE...WEST MINERAL AND     

  WEIR SINCE 10 PM...WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY PRODUCING  

  RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR THROUGH 3 AM. THIS 

  WILL LIKELY ADD UP TO THREE...TO LOCALLY FIVE INCHES OF RAIN IN    

  PORTIONS OF CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES OVERNIGHT. THIS IS AN   

  UPGRADE FROM THE PREVIOUS URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY. 



* 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...PITTSBURG...ARCADIA...ARMA...BAXTER SPRINGS...CHEROKEE...

  COLUMBUS...FRONTENAC...GALENA...GIRARD...HEPLER...MCCUNE AND

  MULBERRY.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3765 9462 3701 9463 3700 9504 3768 9507



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