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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

258 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT.



* AT 256 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3.0 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 

  FALLEN BETWEEN WEST MINERAL...COLUMBUS AND WEIR SINCE 1 AM...WITH  

  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO    

  DEVELOP IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA WHICH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AN      

  ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 5 AM.                 

  THUS...INCREASING THE OVERALL RAINFALL TOTALS OF FOUR TO FIVE      

  INCHES BEFORE IT ENDS LATER THIS MORNING. 



* 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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3732 9464 3702 9464 3701 9505 3732 9505



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