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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

820 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 215 AM CDT.



* AT 815 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS     

  FALLEN OVER THE AREA DURING THE PAST FOUR HOURS...ALONG AND NORTH  

  OF A LINE FROM BRONSON TO HORTON.



* SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 

  IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL       

  LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL     

  EXPERIENCE FLOODING   INCLUDE... BRONSON...FULTON ...UNIONTOWN     

  ...DEVON...HAMMOND...HARDING...HORTON...MAPLETON...                

  METZ...STOTESBURY AND XENIA.



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.



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 3810 9427 3798 9424 3782 9512 3807 9510



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