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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1023 PM CDT WED AUG 24 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT.



* AT 1022 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NEOSHO

  AND ALLEN COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL RATES

  WERE APPROACHING THREE TO FOUR INCHES PER HOUR WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

  THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH...AND 

  WILL APPROACH WESTERN BOURBON COUNTY BY 1130 PM.  



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WEST   

  OF THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

  FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE       

  FLOODING INCLUDE...BRONSON...UNIONTOWN...XENIA...REDFIELD...AND 

  FORT SCOTT.



ALSO...WIND GUSTS ARE BEGINNING TO INCREASE WITH THIS STORM 

SYSTEM...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR BOURBON 

COUNTY.



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 3802 9463 3768 9463 3769 9507 3802 9506



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