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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

137 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI

  VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 430 PM CDT



* AT 137 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT TWO TO THREE 

  INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA DURING THE PAST     

  THREE HOURS...AS MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS HAVE REDEVELOPED OVER 

  SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND EXTREME WESTERN MISSOURI.   



* RUNOFF FROM THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH         

  FLOODING TO OCCUR IN THE WARNED AREA. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL     

  EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING  INCLUDE...PITTSBURG...ARCADIA           

  ...ARMA...FRONTENAC...GIRARD...HEPLER...MULBERRY...LIBERAL AND     

  MINDENMINES.



* LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT NUMEROUS ROADWAYS IN 

  CRAWFORD COUNTY WERE COVERED WITH WATER...AS SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOW 

  THEIR BANKS. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY...AND DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE 

TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN 

RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3766 9503 3734 9507 3738 9415 3764 9412

          3796 9408 3793 9452 3768 9461



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