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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

347 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.



* AT 346 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND LOCAL          

  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED ACROSS THE      

  COUNTY. A PORTION OF HIGHWAY K 7 IS CLOSED APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES   

  NORTH OF COLUMBUS. REPORTS INDICATE THAT A PORTION OF THE HIGHWAY  

  HAS CAVED IN. WATER IS COVERING ROADWAYS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF  

  HIGHWAY 69 AND HIGHWAY 103 NEAR WEIR...AS WELL AS NEAR THE         

  INTERSECTION OF LAWTON ROAD AND NORTHWEST 40TH STREET WEST OF THE  

  CITY OF LAWTON.



* 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.



IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA 

WITH ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE.



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 3732 9462 3700 9462 3700 9507 3733 9507



$$



GAGAN

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000 

WGUS53 KSGF 232052

FFWSGF

KSC021-240245-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

347 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...



* UNTIL 945 PM CDT.



* AT 346 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND LOCAL          

  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED ACROSS THE      

  COUNTY. A PORTION OF HIGHWAY K 7 IS CLOSED APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES   

  NORTH OF COLUMBUS. REPORTS INDICATE THAT A PORTION OF THE HIGHWAY  

  HAS CAVED IN. WATER IS COVERING ROADWAYS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF  

  HIGHWAY 69 AND HIGHWAY 103 NEAR WEIR...AS WELL AS NEAR THE         

  INTERSECTION OF LAWTON ROAD AND NORTHWEST 40TH STREET WEST OF THE  

  CITY OF LAWTON.



* 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.



IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA 

WITH ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE.



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 3732 9462 3700 9462 3700 9507 3733 9507



$$



GAGAN

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