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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

554 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS REISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...



* UNTIL NOON CDT.



* AT 550 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND THE GENERAL 

  PUBLIC REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH 

  FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SINCE SUNDAY EVENING...RAINFALL 

  TOTALS HAVE EXCEEDED FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED. MORE 

  HEAVY RAINFALL WITH RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE 

  COMMON THIS MORNING. THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH 

  FLOODING. 



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. 



REPORTS OF HIGHWAYS WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER IN CHEROKEE COUNTY 

AND JASPER COUNTY SINCE 4 AM. THESE AREAS HAD RECEIVED BETWEEN THREE

AND FIVE INCHES SINCE 3 AM.  



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3676 9460 3702 9464 3699 9507 3802 9507

      3802 9462 3735 9461 3734 9410 3706 9408

      3705 9414 3704 9408 3675 9409



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