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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

135 AM CDT SUN JUL 1 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...

  BARTON 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 132 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SERIOUS   

  AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING OVER THE WARNING AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE  

  CLOSED IN BOURBON...CRAWFORD...AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES IN            

  SOUTHEAST KANSAS...AND IN VERNON COUNTY IN MISSOURI. ADDITIONAL    

  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS STILL OCCURRING IN PARTS OF THE WARNING  

  AREA AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY IS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...

  ARMA...CARONA...CARTHAGE...CHEROKEE...COLUMBUS...ENGLEVALE...FORT

  SCOTT...FRONTENAC...GALENA...GIRARD...JOPLIN...LAMAR...NEVADA...

  PITTSBURG AND VERDELLA.



HIGHWAYS THAT ARE CLOSED INCLUDE...



HIGHWAY 160 EAST OF MINDENMINES IN BARTON COUNTY...HIGHWAY 54 NEAR 

DEERFIELD IN VERNON COUNTY...AND THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 69 AND 

47 NORTH OF PITTSBURG IN CRAWFORD COUNTY. AGAIN...THERE ARE NUMEROUS 

OTHER ROADS CLOSED IN THE WARNING AREA. 



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.



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.



LAT...LON 3804 9406 3708 9406 3700 9506 3803 9506



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