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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

854 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT WEDNESDAY.



* AT 852 PM CDT...CHEROKEE COUNTY AND BARTON COUNTY EMERGENCY        

  MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURRING

  ACROSS SEVERAL AREAS OF CHEROKEE AND BARTON COUNTIES.  NUMEROUS

  ROADS WERE BEING CLOSED DUE TO DANGEROUS FLOODING OVER THESE

  ROAD SYSTEMS.  

  

  THE SPRING RIVER NEAR RIVERTON AND BAXTER SPRINGS CONTINUED TO

  RISE THIS EVENING.  MAJOR ROAD SYSTEMS INTO THE CITY OF BAXTER 

  SPRINGS WERE BEING SHUT DOWN AS FLOOD WATER WAS BEGINNING TO       

  APPROACH HIGHWAYS 166...66...AND POSSIBLY 69.  HOUSES IN THE 

  CITY OF BAXTER SPRINGS WERE BEING FLOODED INTO...AND SEVERAL 

  MORE HOUSES MAY BE IN DANGER.



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

  LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...BAXTER      

  SPRINGS...RIVERTON...LAMAR...VERDELLA...WEIR...SCAMMON AND WEST    

  MINERAL.



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.



LAT...LON 3733 9505 3732 9464 3735 9461 3764 9462

      3763 9409 3735 9410 3736 9460 3732 9463

      3723 9464 3701 9464 3702 9504



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