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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1024 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...



* UNTIL 400 PM CDT.



* AT 1022 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      

  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE      

  INCHES HAS BEEN OBSERVED OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE WARNED    

  AREA.





* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

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

  GALENA...JOPLIN...WEIR...AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...CARL JUNCTION...

  CARTERVILLE...DIAMOND...DUENWEG AND DUQUESNE.



FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING BETWEEN SHERMAN AND WEST MINERAL IN 

CHEROKEE COUNTY AS REPORTED BY THE CHEROKEE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3736 9506 3736 9449 3735 9448 3736 9432

      3735 9409 3729 9409 3729 9405 3728 9404

      3698 9404 3701 9507



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