

000 

WGUS53 KSGF 072052

FFWSGF

KSC011-021-037-MOC011-097-217-080300-

/O.EXT.KSGF.FF.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080508T0300Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

347 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.



* AT 344 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

  AREA. SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS WERE CLOSED AROUND PITTSBURG 

  KANSAS...AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF VERNON COUNTY MISSOURI SINCE 

  EARLIER TODAY DUE TO THE FLOODING. IN ADDITION...SEVERAL REPORTS 

  OF TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED SINCE 7 AM NEAR 

  LAMAR...LIBERAL AND MINDENMINES. TWO REPORTS OF THREE TO FOUR INCH 

  RAINFALL TOTALS OCCURRED NEAR SHELDON AND BRONAUGH MISSOURI. 

  

  SEVERAL WAVES OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS 

  THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE THE 

  ALREADY SATURATED SOILS AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IN THE 

  WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE AND THREE 

  TENTHS OF AN INCH PER HOUR...WITH LOCALLY ONE INCH PER HOUR NEAR 

  THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 

  EVENING. 



  UNTIL THE MAIN WEATHER SYSTEM ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA MOVES EAST 

  OF THE REGION...PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. 



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. 



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 3803 9508 3803 9424 3806 9414 3804 9409

      3729 9409 3729 9406 3706 9406 3706 9462

      3702 9462 3699 9505



$$



JLT



000 

WGUS53 KSGF 072052

FFWSGF

KSC011-021-037-MOC011-097-217-080300-

/O.EXT.KSGF.FF.W.0059.000000T0000Z-080508T0300Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

347 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.



* AT 344 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 

  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WAS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED 

  AREA. SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS WERE CLOSED AROUND PITTSBURG 

  KANSAS...AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF VERNON COUNTY MISSOURI SINCE 

  EARLIER TODAY DUE TO THE FLOODING. IN ADDITION...SEVERAL REPORTS 

  OF TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED SINCE 7 AM NEAR 

  LAMAR...LIBERAL AND MINDENMINES. TWO REPORTS OF THREE TO FOUR INCH 

  RAINFALL TOTALS OCCURRED NEAR SHELDON AND BRONAUGH MISSOURI. 

  

  SEVERAL WAVES OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS 

  THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE THE 

  ALREADY SATURATED SOILS AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IN THE 

  WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE AND THREE 

  TENTHS OF AN INCH PER HOUR...WITH LOCALLY ONE INCH PER HOUR NEAR 

  THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY 

  EVENING. 



  UNTIL THE MAIN WEATHER SYSTEM ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA MOVES EAST 

  OF THE REGION...PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. 



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING. 



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 3803 9508 3803 9424 3806 9414 3804 9409

      3729 9409 3729 9406 3706 9406 3706 9462

      3702 9462 3699 9505



$$



JLT

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