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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1055 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 500 AM CST



* AT 1046 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH COVERED 

  MUCH OF CRAWFORD AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES.  DOPPLER RADAR 

  ESTIMATES...INDICATED THAT RAINFALL RATES OF A HALF INCH TO INCH 

  PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1 AM.  

  CHEROKEE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 102...AND 

  HIGHWAY K 7 WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  CLEM ROAD EAST OF 

  HIGHWAY 69 WAS ALSO REPORTED FLOODED.



* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH

  FLOODING INCLUDE...PITTSBURG...CHEROKEE...COLUMBUS...FRONTENAC...

  SCAMMON AND WEIR.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVERNIGHT WILL ENHANCE THE FLOODING THREAT.  

REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING...AS AREA STREAMS 

AND CREEKS WILL RISE RAPIDLY THROUGH THE MIDNIGHT HOUR.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 3701 9507 3700 9463 3767 9464 3766 9506



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