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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

143 AM CDT MON APR 24 2006



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BOURBON KS-VERNON MO-

143 AM CDT MON APR 24 2006



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOURBON AND VERNON

COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 AM CDT...



AT 142 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO REPORT 

FLOODING ACROSS BOURBON AND VERNON COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS 

TAPER OFF SINCE 1 AM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO LOCALLY SIX 

INCHES FELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF VERNON AND BOURBON COUNTIES. THE 

HEAVIEST WAS CONCENTRATED NEAR NEVADA WHERE LOCAL RAIN GAUGES 

INDICATED FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAINFALL BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. 

EXPECT SOME OF THE LOCAL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE FOR THE NEXT 

SEVERAL HOURS AS RUNOFF CONTINUES. 



ANOTHER COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WAS 

MOVING EASTWARD AT 40 MPH. AT THE CURRENT SPEED...AND IF THE COMPLEX 

HOLDS TOGETHER...EXPECT MORE HEAVY RAINFALL TO SPREAD ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA TOWARD 6 AM. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF 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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3803 9409 3766 9411 3768 9507 3803 9506



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