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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1043 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT SATURDAY.



* AT 1039 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE 

  LEADING EDGE OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO     

  WESTERN SECTIONS OF BOURBON AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. THIS RAINFALL   

  EXTENDS BACK TO THE WEST INTO MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PARTS   

  OF NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. RAINFALL WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH 1  

  AM...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF OVER AN INCH PER HOUR LIKELY IN A      

  LARGE PORTION OF THE WARNING AREA. WIDESPREAD TWO INCH AMOUNTS     

  WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS   

  OVERNIGHT. 



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL GREATLY WORSEN ALREADY    

  EXISTING FLOODING THAT IS OCCURRING IN THE WARNING AREA. THE       

  NUMBER AND SEVERITY OF FLOODING REPORTS IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE    

  OVERNIGHT. AREAS ALONG THE NEOSHO RIVER...LIGHTNING CREEK...AND    

  THE MARMATON RIVER AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES WILL EXPERIENCE           

  POTENTIALLY SERIOUS FLOODING.  



THIS EXTENDS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR CHEROKEE 

COUNTY. 



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.



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 3802 9462 3700 9463 3700 9505 3802 9507



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