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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

656 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY.



* AT 652 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN  

  NEAR COLUMBUS KANSAS SINCE 5 PM...WITH AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF     

  COLUMBUS KANSAS HAVING BETWEEN 1.50 TO 2.50 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 5 

  PM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE LESS ACROSS JASPER COUNTY...ESPECIALLY    

  THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY...HOWEVER...HIGH RAINFALL       

  RATE...COMBINED WITH AN INCREASING THREAT OF TRAINING OF 

  THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...THROUGH SOUTHWEST   

  MISSOURI...INDICATES THE POTENTIAL OF AN INCREASE THREAT OF FLASH 

  FLOODING DURING THE NEXT HOUR TO TWO. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO

  TWO INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 9 PM. THIS FLASH FLOOD

  WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY 

  FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



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 3734 9407 3708 9407 3706 9460 3698 9503

      3732 9505



$$



JLT

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000 

WGUS53 KSGF 180001

FFWSGF

KSC021-MOC097-180600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

656 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.



* UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY.



* AT 652 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN  

  NEAR COLUMBUS KANSAS SINCE 5 PM...WITH AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF     

  COLUMBUS KANSAS HAVING BETWEEN 1.50 TO 2.50 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 5 

  PM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE LESS ACROSS JASPER COUNTY...ESPECIALLY    

  THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY...HOWEVER...HIGH RAINFALL       

  RATE...COMBINED WITH AN INCREASING THREAT OF TRAINING OF 

  THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...THROUGH SOUTHWEST   

  MISSOURI...INDICATES THE POTENTIAL OF AN INCREASE THREAT OF FLASH 

  FLOODING DURING THE NEXT HOUR TO TWO. EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO

  TWO INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 9 PM. THIS FLASH FLOOD

  WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY 

  FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. 



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 3734 9407 3708 9407 3706 9460 3698 9503

      3732 9505



$$



JLT

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