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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

449 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* UNTIL 1045 AM CDT.



* AT 446 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.     

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL RATES ASSOCIATED WITH 

  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST CHEROKEE COUNTY WERE APPROACHING

  TWO INCHES PER HOUR.  MORE STORMS OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL LIKELY

  TRAIN OVER THIS SAME AREA...CAUSING RAPID RISES IN SMALL CREEKS.

  FLOODING IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHWESTERN SECTION OF 

  CHEROKEE COUNTY.



* 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...BAXTER SPRINGS...CARONA...COLUMBUS...GALENA...WEIR...

  SCAMMON...WEST MINERAL...CRESTLINE...FAULKNER...HALLOWELL...LAWTON

  AND LOWELL.



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 3732 9463 3701 9464 3700 9506 3733 9506



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