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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1058 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007



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BOURBON KS-

1058 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR

EASTERN BOURBON COUNTY...



AT 1053 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

RUNOFF FROM EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING WAS PRODUCING 

FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. SLICK ROCK CREEK 

IS OUT OF ITS BANKS NEAR THE CITY OF FORT SCOTT...FLOODING PORTIONS 

OF 205TH STREET. IN ADDITION...PAVEY FORD ON THE EAST SIDE OF FORT 

SCOTT IS OUT OF ITS BANKS...FLOODING PORTIONS OF 255TH STREET. 

BARRICADES HAVE BEEN SET UP TO BLOCK OFF THE FLOODED PORTIONS OF 

THESE ROADWAYS.



WHILE RAINFALL HAS ENDED FOR NOW...RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE 

RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY 

EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...FORT SCOTT...FULTON AND REDFIELD.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO

NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN

WATER BEGINS RISING.



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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