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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

805 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* AT 802 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS    

  PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE PUBLIC        

  REPORTED THAT ROADS WERE BEGINNING TO BECOME COVERED WITH WATER    

  IN EASTERN BOURBON COUNTY. AN ADDTIONAL QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN 

  FALL IS POSSIBLE OVER THE WARN AREA.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. SOME

  LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...FORT        

  SCOTT AND HAMMOND.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3803 9463 3766 9463 3768 9493 3804 9493



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