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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1013 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARTON COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN KANSAS.

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN KANSAS.



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



* AT 1010 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

  HAS OCCURRED WITH THE MOST RECENT RAINFALL ACROSS CHEROKEE

  AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN PUSHING

  ACROSS NORTHERN BARTON COUNTY.



* 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 FLOODING

  INCLUDE...PITTSBURG...MINDENMINES...LIBERAL...LAMAR...GOLDEN

  CITY...WEST MINERAL...WEIR...SCAMMON...MULBERRY...MCCUNE...HEPLER

  AND GIRARD.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL ADD TO 

THE RUNOFF FLOODING POTENTIAL.



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 3765 9462 3766 9410 3737 9410 3738 9463

          3700 9463 3701 9506 3768 9507



$$



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000 

WGUS53 KSGF 240314

FFWSGF

KSC021-037-MOC011-240900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

1013 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BARTON COUNTY IN MISSOURI.

  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN KANSAS.

  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN KANSAS.



* UNTIL 400 AM CDT.



* AT 1010 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

  HAS OCCURRED WITH THE MOST RECENT RAINFALL ACROSS CHEROKEE

  AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN PUSHING

  ACROSS NORTHERN BARTON COUNTY.



* 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 FLOODING

  INCLUDE...PITTSBURG...MINDENMINES...LIBERAL...LAMAR...GOLDEN

  CITY...WEST MINERAL...WEIR...SCAMMON...MULBERRY...MCCUNE...HEPLER

  AND GIRARD.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL ADD TO 

THE RUNOFF FLOODING POTENTIAL.



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 3765 9462 3766 9410 3737 9410 3738 9463

          3700 9463 3701 9506 3768 9507



$$



LINDENBERG

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