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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

528 PM CDT SAT APR 29 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT.



* AT 519 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

  AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  DOPPLER RADAR 

  ESTIMATED THAT ONE HALF TO LOCALLY ONE INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN

  SINCE 430 PM. LOCAL OBSERVATIONS...RADAR AND SATELLITE INFORMATION 

  INDICATED THAT THROUGH 7 PM AN LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY 

  RAIN...WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING 

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE INCH OF RAIN WILL LIKELY 

  FALL...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE THE 

  RAIN ENDS EARLY THIS EVENING. 



* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM

  THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME

  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ARMA...BAXTER

  SPRINGS...CARONA...CHEROKEE...COLUMBUS...ENGLEVALE...FRONTENAC...

  GIRARD...PITTSBURG...WEIR...ARCADIA AND HEPLER.



THIS WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED URBAN AND SMALL 

STREAMS FLOOD ADVISORY.



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 3766 9463 3702 9465 3701 9506 3766 9506



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