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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1204 AM CDT FRI OCT 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 1159 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE NEAR 

  WEST MINERAL...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF OSWEGO...MOVING EAST AT 15  

  MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY     

  FALLEN IN THIS AREA...WITH ANOTHER INCH OR 2 POSSIBLE BY 1 AM.



* 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...WEST MINERAL.



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.



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

ROADWAY. 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 3734 9507 3719 9507 3720 9486 3733 9485



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