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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

858 PM CDT TUE JUN 9 2009



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...

  VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT WEDNESDAY.



* AT 852 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      

  WARNED AREA. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE      

  OVERNIGHT HOURS.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES ARE     

  POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNED AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.



* 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.



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 3799 9508 3804 9506 3804 9406 3729 9409

      3729 9406 3705 9407 3706 9462 3699 9462

      3700 9508



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