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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

351 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

  BOURBON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT



* AT 350 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER SOUTHERN BOURBON

  AND NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES SINCE 3 PM.



* 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 FLOODING   

  INCLUDE...FORT SCOTT...WALNUT...UNIONTOWN...REDFIELD...HEPLER...  

  GIRARD AND ARMA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

SPRINGFIELD.



LAT...LON 3800 9507 3746 9509 3746 9464 3799 9463



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