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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

709 PM CDT THU APR 17 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT FRIDAY.



* AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY       

  RAINFALL ACROSS CHEROKEE COUNTY. THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND          

  THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS BACK INTO OKLAHOMA...AND WILL TRAIN OVER

  CHEROKEE COUNTY FOR SEVERAL HOURS.  DUE TO MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS

  FROM RECENT RAINFALL...RUNOFF WILL BE ENHANCED...AND FLOODING OF 

  SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IS EXPECTED.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  AREAS NEAR...LIGHTNING CREEK...CHERRY CREEK...BRUSH CREEK...COWSKIN

  CREEK...AND FLY CREEK.  SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL LIKELY    

  BECOME IMPASSABLE TO MOTORISTS.



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.



LAT...LON 3706 9508 3734 9508 3733 9462 3699 9462

      3699 9499 3700 9508



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