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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

102 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 400 PM CST



* AT 1256 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF 

  SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY 

  EXTENDED FROM NEVADA TO TO MINDENMINES TO JUST WEST OF JOPLIN.  

  THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 50 MPH...WHILE 

  THE OVERALL LINE OF STORMS WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST.  DOPPLER 

  RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL RATES FROM ONE TO ONE AND A HALF 

  INCHES PER HOUR WERE COMMON FROM THESE STORMS.



* 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...ARCADIA...ARMA...FRONTENAC...

  MULBERRY...LAMAR...LIBERAL AND MINDENMINES.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.  THIS RAIN WILL COMBINE WITH LAST NIGHTS TORRENTIAL 

RAINFALL TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

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. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3738 9504 3701 9504 3700 9463 3708 9462

          3707 9414 3764 9412 3766 9506



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