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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

136 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  NORTHERN MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT.



* AT 135 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      

  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES HAS FALLEN SO    

  FAR ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  ARMA...BAXTER SPRINGS...CARONA...CARTHAGE...CHEROKEE...COLUMBUS...

  ENGLEVALE...FORT SCOTT...FRONTENAC...GALENA...GIRARD...JOPLIN...

  NEOSHO...PITTSBURG AND WEIR.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 

AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO 

TRAIN OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3804 9506 3802 9462 3736 9461 3734 9409

      3673 9407 3673 9463 3698 9463 3700 9508



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