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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

657 AM CDT THU MAY 4 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT.



* AT 645 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLOODING IN

  JOPLIN. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO TWO INCHES  

  OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA SINCE 550 AM.



* 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...ARMA...CARONA...CARTHAGE...CHEROKEE...COLUMBUS...

  ENGLEVALE...FRONTENAC...GALENA...GIRARD...JOPLIN...LAMAR AND

  NEOSHO.



FLOODING WAS REPORTED AT 7TH AND MAY IN JOPLIN...AS WELL AS  

NUMEROUS OTHER STREETS IN JOPLIN.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



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 3764 9502 3702 9502 3703 9457 3652 9459

      3651 9410 3762 9412



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