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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

538 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  MCDONALD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 500 AM CDT SUNDAY.



* AT 533 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING

  AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST

  KANSAS.  HIGH RAINFALL RATES WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH STORM TOTAL RAINFALL

  AMOUNTS RANGING FROM THREE TO SIX INCHES EXPECTED BY SUNDAY        

  MORNING. 



* 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 3649 9461 3698 9463 3700 9508 3733 9508

      3733 9462 3765 9462 3764 9408 3729 9409

      3729 9406 3719 9406 3649 9408



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