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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

611 PM CDT TUE MAR 20 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...



* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT.



* AT 610 PM CDT...THE CHEROKEE COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED 

DITCHES AT BANKFULL AND RISING. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 

RADAR INDICATED THE BAND OF STORMS WHICH PRODUCED ONE TO ONE AND A 

HALF INCHES OF RAIN OVER PARTS OF CHEROKEE COUNTY SINCE 3 PM HAD 

MOVED EAST INTO MISSOURI. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WILL 

CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING.  



* RUNOFF FROM THIS COMBINED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

TO OCCUR...PARTICULARLY OVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF 

CHEROKEE COUNTY. 



FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS IS LIKELY. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS 

OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES...ESPECIALLY AFTER DARK WHEN FLOODING IS HARD 

TO RECOGNIZE.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES OR LOW 

WATER CROSSINGS. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. 



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



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