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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

156 AM CDT WED AUG 6 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT.



* AT 152 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A LINE OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL       

  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED 

  DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS MOVE SOUTH.  

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ARE ALSO       

  EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THIS AREA...PROLONGING THE DURATION OF       

  RAINFALL.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

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

  FORT SCOTT...NEVADA...BRONSON...FULTON...REDFIELD...SCHELL CITY...

  SHELDON...UNIONTOWN AND WALKER. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER

  CROSSINGS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH

  FLOODING.



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.



LAT...LON 3803 9508 3804 9506 3803 9462 3806 9462

      3806 9431 3806 9426 3804 9423 3806 9413

      3804 9406 3764 9409 3765 9462 3768 9463

      3768 9509



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