

000

WGUS53 KSGF 202050

FFWSGF

KSC021-210245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

347 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.



* AT 343 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      

  WARNED AREA. BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS REPORTED   

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING. THIS HAS LEFT THE     

  GROUND SATURATED. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IS   

  EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT THREE HOURS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FLOODING 

  OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AS WELL AS OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING

  INCLUDE...BAXTER SPRINGS...CARONA...COLUMBUS...GALENA...WEIR...    

  SCAMMON AND WEST MINERAL.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3734 9463 3700 9462 3699 9506 3733 9506



$$



GAGAN

