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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

434 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT SUNDAY.



* AT 430 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE

  TRACKING AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS CRAWFORD...BOURBON...AND

  VERNON COUNTIES.  THIS RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING...AS SOIL

  MOISTURE LEVELS REMAIN ELEVATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINFALL.  ADDITIONAL

  RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...AS STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS COULD 

  RANGE FROM TWO TO FIVE INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

  OCCUR. CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE            

  ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR

IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...

DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...

EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 3804 9506 3803 9462 3806 9461 3806 9431

      3804 9423 3806 9413 3804 9406 3764 9409

      3765 9462 3733 9462 3734 9508 3781 9509



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