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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1216 AM CDT THU MAY 1 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOURBON COUNTY IN KANSAS



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



* AT 1206 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE 

  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE 

  COUNTY...AND AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN APPEARS 

  LIKELY AS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE COUNTY 

  FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

  OCCUR. IN ADDITION...POOR DRAINAGE FROM HAIL WHICH HAS FALLEN 

  ACROSS BOURBON COUNTY...WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE FOR FLOODED

  ROADWAYS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING   

  INCLUDE...FORT SCOTT...UNIONTOWN...DEVON...HAMMOND AND BRONSON.



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 3804 9461 3767 9462 3766 9509 3803 9509



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000 

WGUS53 KSGF 010516

FFWSGF

KSC011-010800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1216 AM CDT THU MAY 1 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BOURBON COUNTY IN KANSAS



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT.



* AT 1206 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE 

  WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE 

  COUNTY...AND AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN APPEARS 

  LIKELY AS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE COUNTY 

  FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

  OCCUR. IN ADDITION...POOR DRAINAGE FROM HAIL WHICH HAS FALLEN 

  ACROSS BOURBON COUNTY...WILL INCREASE THE CHANCE FOR FLOODED

  ROADWAYS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING   

  INCLUDE...FORT SCOTT...UNIONTOWN...DEVON...HAMMOND AND BRONSON.



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 3804 9461 3767 9462 3766 9509 3803 9509



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