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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

837 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 200 AM CDT.



* AT 835 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

  CLUSTER OF VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH  

  OR INTO THE WARNING AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR    

  ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. RAINFALL RATES OF THIS MAGNITUDE   

  WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  



* 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.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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.



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LAT...LON 3768 9508 3766 9462 3806 9461 3806 9431

      3804 9425 3803 9426 3806 9413 3804 9412

      3805 9410 3803 9406 3735 9409 3736 9461

      3734 9462 3734 9507



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